Winery Ruca Malen - Terroir Series Petit Verdot

Winery Ruca MalenTerroir Series Petit Verdot

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Terroir Series Petit Verdot of Winery Ruca Malen is a red wine from the region of Lujan de Cuyo of Mendoza.
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 Terroir Series Petit Verdot of Winery Ruca Malen in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Terroir Series Petit Verdot

Pairings that work perfectly with Terroir Series Petit Verdot

Original food and wine pairings with Terroir Series Petit Verdot

The Terroir Series Petit Verdot of Winery Ruca Malen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido) or jack be little in a hat ....

Details and technical informations about Winery Ruca Malen's Terroir Series Petit Verdot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.4°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Terroir Series Petit Verdot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Lujan de Cuyo wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Terroir Series Petit Verdot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Lujan de Cuyo wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Terroir Series Petit Verdot - 2015
In the top 100 of of Lujan de Cuyo wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Terroir Series Petit Verdot from Winery Ruca Malen are 2017, 2015, 2016

Informations about the Winery Ruca Malen

The winery offers 51 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Lujan de Cuyo in the region of Mendoza

The Winery Ruca Malen is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 51 wines for sale in the of Lujan de Cuyo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 2500 of of Argentina wines
In the top 2500 of of Lujan de Cuyo wines
In the top 50000 of red wines
In the top 80000 wines of the world

The wine region of Lujan de Cuyo

Luján de Cuyo is a wine-producing sub-region of Argentina's largest viticultural area, Mendoza. Unsurprisingly, Malbec is the region's most-important grape variety, producing Bold, intensely flavored red wines. Excellent wines are also produced here from Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Torrontés. Located in a valley just South of Mendoza City itself, the Luján de Cuyo region is home to some of the most famous names in Argentinean wine.


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.

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The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

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