The Winery Alma Negra of Mendoza

Winery Alma Negra - Tinto
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the Ernesto Catena Vineyards.
It is ranked in the top 168 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery Alma Negra is one of the best wineries to follow in Mendoza.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alma Negra wines

Looking for the best Winery Alma Negra wines in Mendoza among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alma Negra 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 Alma Negra wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alma Negra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alma Negra

How Winery Alma Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, caramelized lamb mice or monkfish armorican style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alma Negra

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alma Negra. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, game or coconut and sometimes also flavors of cocoa, mocha or black currant. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alma Negra. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alma Negra

  • 2003With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.35/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.21/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Bonarda
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petit Verdot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Mendoza

Mendoza is by far the largest wine region in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the country's annual wine production. The French Grape variety Malbec has its New World home in the vineyards of Mendoza, producing red wines of great concentration and intensity. The province Lies on the western edge of Argentina, across the Andes Mountains from Chile.

While the province is large (it covers a similar area to the state of New York), its viticultural land is clustered mainly in the northern Part, just South of Mendoza City. Here, the regions of Lujan de Cuyo, Maipu and the Uco Valley are home to some of the biggest names in Argentinian wine. Mendoza's winemaking history is nearly as Old as the colonial history of Argentina itself. The first vines were planted by priests of the Catholic Church's Jesuit order in the mid-16th Century, borrowing agricultural techniques from the Incas and Huarpes, who had occupied the land before them.

Malbec was introduced around this time by a French agronomist, Miguel Aimé Pouget. In the 1800s, Spanish and Italian immigrants flooded into Mendoza to escape the ravages of the Phylloxera louse that was devastating vineyards in Europe at the time. A boom in wine production came in 1885, when a railway line was completed between Mendoza and the country's capital city, Buenos Aires, providing a cheaper, easier way of sending wines out of the region. For most of the 20th Century, the Argentinean wine industry focused almost entirely on the domestic market, and it is only in the past 25 years that a push toward quality has led to the wines of Mendoza gracing restaurant lists the world over.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alma Negra

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Alma Negra

How Winery Alma Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of coconut from paimpol, salmon steaks with cream sauce or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Alma Negra

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Alma Negra. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Alma Negra

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.06/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Alma Negra.

  • Malbec
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top white wines of Winery Alma Negra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alma Negra

How Winery Alma Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of endive frichti, pan-fried potatoes with smoked salmon and rosemary or tripe in the style of caen.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alma Negra

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alma Negra. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alma Negra. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alma Negra

  • 2017With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: pH

Short for "hydrogen potential", the pH is a parameter that defines whether a medium is acidic or basic. A high pH gives a soft wine, a very low pH translates into a wine that is too acidic.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alma Negra

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Alma Negra

How Winery Alma Negra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of sauté of pork with cider, old-fashioned venison stew or flying with the wind of the seas.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Alma Negra

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Alma Negra. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Alma Negra

  • 2018With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alma Negra.

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alma Negra

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

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.

News about Winery Alma Negra and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: pH

Short for "hydrogen potential", the pH is a parameter that defines whether a medium is acidic or basic. A high pH gives a soft wine, a very low pH translates into a wine that is too acidic.