Winery Ruca MalenPetit Verdot
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Petit Verdot.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Petit Verdot of Winery Ruca Malen in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, vanilla or plum.
Food and wine pairings with Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Petit Verdot
The Petit Verdot of Winery Ruca Malen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms or cake with smoked bacon, prunes and comté cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ruca Malen's Petit Verdot.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Petit Verdot from Winery Ruca Malen are 2016, 2012, 2011, 2013 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Ruca Malen
The Winery Ruca Malen is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 51 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Ban des vendanges
Date of the beginning of the grape harvest, fixed by the lord in the tradition of the Middle Ages and, today, by the prefect.
