Winery El Esteco - Fincas Notables Malbec

Winery El EstecoFincas Notables Malbec

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Fincas Notables Malbec of Winery El Esteco is a red wine from the region of Cafayate Valley of Salta.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Malbec.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The Fincas Notables Malbec of the Winery El Esteco is in the top 40 of wines of Cafayate Valley.

Taste structure of the Fincas Notables Malbec from the Winery El Esteco

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Fincas Notables Malbec of Winery El Esteco in the region of Salta is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Fincas Notables Malbec of Winery El Esteco in the region of Salta often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery El Esteco's Fincas Notables Malbec.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
15°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Fincas Notables Malbec - 2016
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2015
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2014
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2013
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2012
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2011
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Fincas Notables Malbec - 2010
In the top 40 of of Cafayate Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Fincas Notables Malbec from Winery El Esteco are 2015, 2014, 2010, 2016 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery El Esteco

The winery offers 96 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Grupo Peñaflor.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Cafayate Valley in the region of Salta

The Winery El Esteco is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 92 wines for sale in the of Cafayate Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Salta
In the top 950 of of Argentina wines
In the top 50 of of Cafayate Valley wines
In the top 20000 of red wines
In the top 30000 wines of the world

The wine region of Cafayate Valley

The wine region of Cafayate Valley is located in the region of Calchaqui Valley of Salta of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Matervini or the Domaine Domingo Molina produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cafayate Valley are Malbec, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Tannat, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cafayate Valley often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, toasty or mulberry and sometimes also flavors of oregano, bramble or black plum.


The wine region of Salta

Salta, in the far North of Argentina, is home to some of the world's most extreme Vineyard sites. As is the case in Catamarca to the South and Jujuy to the northwest, Salta's vineyards are often located amid mountainous terrain with some reaching altitudes of just over 3,000 meters (9840ft) above sea level. The viticultural area is mainly concentrated to Cafayate of the Calchaqui Valley. Argentina's signature Grape varieties of Torrontes and Malbec are Salta's top performers, producing Bright, intensely flavored wines.

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The word of the wine: Baco 22A

A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.

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