The Winery Alternatus of McLaren Vale of Australie du Sud

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The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1140 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Alternatus is one of the best wineries to follow in McLaren Vale.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alternatus wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Alternatus

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alternatus

How Winery Alternatus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fresh sausage or fondue savoyarde style.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alternatus

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top pink wines of Winery Alternatus

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alternatus

How Winery Alternatus wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef lark, ramadan berber soup (harira) or veal saltimbocca.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Alternatus

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alternatus.

  • Tempranillo

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alternatus

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

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Alternatus and wines from the region

Top Australian winery Giant Steps gets new head winemaker

Australia’s Giant Steps said that Melanie Chester joined the winery as head of winemaking and viticulture on 25 November. It marks a new chapter for one of the leading wineries in Yarra Valley, Victoria. Steve Flamsteed, who joined Giant Steps as chief winemaker in 2003, will step back from the cellar – although he is expected to continue working closely with the team. Working alongside winery founder Phil Sexton, Flamsteed has played a major role in developing Giant Steps’ reputation for excell ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).