The Bodega Augusto Pulenta of San Juan

Bodega Augusto Pulenta - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 50 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Bodega Augusto Pulenta is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines

Looking for the best Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines in San Juan among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodega Augusto Pulenta 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 Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

How Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

In the mouth the red wine of Bodega Augusto Pulenta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

  • 2002With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.31/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Bonarda
  • Ancellotta

Discovering the wine region of San Juan

San Juan is an important Argentinean wine-producing area, producing wines of increasing quality using traditional European Grape varieties. The wine region of San Juan covers the administrative area of the same name in the north-western corner of Argentina. The province sits between Mendoza and La Rioja, and is almost entirely contained within the mountainous foothills of the Andes. In terms of production Volume, San Juan is Argentina's second-largest wine region after Mendoza.

It accounts for 17 percent of the national Vineyard">Vineyard area with 32,274 hectares (79,752 acres) recorded by the National Viticulture Institute in 2019. About half of the province's agricultural land is devoted to vineyards. Vineyards lie in a series of valleys across the center-west of San Juan. The most important area of production is the Tulum Valley.

Other subregions include the Zonda Valley and the high-quality Pedernal Valley. San Juan Grape Varieties Syrah and the ever-present Malbec are the foremost varieties in terms of prestige. In terms of vineyard area, red grapes account for just under 38 percent of the total, with white grapes at 26 percent. The 2019 Annual Surface Report of the National Viticulture Institute recorded the main varieties.

The top sweet wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

How Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta.

  • Moscatel

Discover the grape variety: Ancellotta

A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in the northern and central parts of Italy. It can also be found in Switzerland, Spain, Eastern Europe, Brazil, Argentina, ... little known in France.

The top white wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

How Bodega Augusto Pulenta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or lean fish such as recipes of quinoa with shrimp, cream and tuna quiche or fillets of saint-pierre with cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

In the mouth the white wine of Bodega Augusto Pulenta. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Bodega Augusto Pulenta.

  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Maccabeo

See macabeu.

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Planning a wine route in the of San Juan? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Bodega Augusto Pulenta.

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.

News about Bodega Augusto Pulenta and wines from the region

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 ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Maccabeo

See macabeu.

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