The Winery Algodon of San Rafael of Mendoza

Winery Algodon - Estate Blend Bonarda - Malbec
The winery offers 43 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in San Rafael in the region of Mendoza

The Winery Algodon is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 43 wines for sale in of San Rafael to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Algodon wines

Looking for the best Winery Algodon wines in San Rafael among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Algodon wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Algodon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Algodon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Algodon

How Winery Algodon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, marinade for chicken brochettes or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Algodon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Algodon. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, microbio or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Algodon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Algodon

  • 2009With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Algodon.

  • Malbec
  • Bonarda
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of San Rafael

San Rafael is an Argentine wine region located in the very Center of the Mendoza province, roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) South of the city of Mendoza. Although not on the scale of the Vineyard">Vineyards around Mendoza's main wine regions in the north-west of the province, the vineyards of San Rafael still cover almost 22,000 hectares (54,000 acres), which still represents 15 percent of Mendoza's plantings, and the wines make up for quantity through quality. As expected Malbec is the primary grape variety here. Bordeaux-style blends are prominent among the region's most popular wines, and single-variety wines are also made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and, less commonly, Pinot Noir.

Bonarda (Charbono) is also grown but tends to feature in blended red wines. Chardonnay, Semillon and Torrontés feature among the white wine grape varieties. The wine estates are to the south of the city of San Rafael where the Atuel and Diamante rivers make their way toward the Pampas Plain from the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The effects of altitude here are generally not as important as in the rest of Mendoza, with vineyards generally found between 500 and 700 meters (1600ft and 2300ft) above sea level.

While the alpine vineyards of Alto Adige in Italy are found at similar heights – this is relatively low by Argentine standards. Despite its distance from the Andes in the west, San Rafael is still located within the mountain range's considerable rain shadow and has a semi-arid Climate as a consequence. At the same time rivers flowing down from the mountains provide plentiful snow-melt water for vineyard irrigation, which can be judiciously applied to limit the growth and vigor of the vine. The sandy, alluvial soils help in this regard as well; they are reasonably free-draining and cause the vines to develop Deep root systems.

The top white wines of Winery Algodon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Algodon

How Winery Algodon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, sardines with escabeche or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Algodon

On the nose the white wine of Winery Algodon. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Algodon. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Algodon

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Algodon.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Algodon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Algodon

How Winery Algodon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Algodon

Planning a wine route in the of San Rafael? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Algodon.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.