The Winery Callia of San Juan

Winery Callia
The winery offers 101 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Callia is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 101 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Callia wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Callia

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Callia

How Winery Callia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, lamb stew or chicken with olives in a couscousier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Callia

On the nose the red wine of Winery Callia. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, black cherries or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Callia. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Callia

  • 2004With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Bonarda
  • Tannat
  • Merlot

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 white wines of Winery Callia

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Callia

How Winery Callia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of nanie's diced ham quiche, pasta with tuna and laughing cow or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Callia

On the nose the white wine of Winery Callia. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Callia. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Callia

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Callia.

  • Chardonnay
  • Torrontés
  • Viognier
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Callia

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Callia

How Winery Callia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, tunisian macaroni or chicken tagine.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Callia

  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.33/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Powdery mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Less dreadful than mildew, it only attacks the surface of the green parts. Sulphur has long been the best remedy.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Callia

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Callia

How Winery Callia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of savoyard matafans, royal couscous or seafood pastilla.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Callia

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Callia. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Callia

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Callia.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Torrontés
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

The top sweet wines of Winery Callia

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Callia

How Winery Callia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of penne à la toscane, duck legs with honey or baked sardines with garlic.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Callia

  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Callia.

  • Viognier
  • Torrontés

The word of the wine: Tries (harvest by)

Harvesting in several successive passages to harvest at their optimal concentration the grapes affected by noble rot. They allow the production of great sweet wines.

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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 Winery Callia.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot grigio

Pinot grigio is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot grigio was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. pinot grigio is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot grigio wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot grigio is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

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