The Winery Casa Montes of San Juan

Winery Casa Montes - Fuego Negro Viognier Dulce Natural
The winery offers 52 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Casa Montes is one of the world's great estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Casa Montes wines

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

The top sweet wines of Winery Casa Montes

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Casa Montes

How Winery Casa Montes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, salmon lasagna or keftas tajine with eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Casa Montes

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Casa Montes. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Casa Montes. is a mainly marked by the residual sugar.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Casa Montes

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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 red wines of Winery Casa Montes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Casa Montes

How Winery Casa Montes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of lomo saltado, traditional lamb couscous (from algeria) or roast turkey in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Casa Montes

On the nose the red wine of Winery Casa Montes. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Casa Montes. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Casa Montes

  • 2007With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.42/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top white wines of Winery Casa Montes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Casa Montes

How Winery Casa Montes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork cheeks confit in cider, pumpkin and tuna gratin or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Casa Montes

On the nose the white wine of Winery Casa Montes. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Casa Montes. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Casa Montes

  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.34/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Torrontés
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Cellar master

The cellar master is the technical manager of a winery (usually a professional oenologist), who presides over and oversees the wine-making process and its maturation. Unlike an oenologist in a wine laboratory, who intervenes on an ad hoc basis to assist the winemaker, the cellar master is part of the estate's technical team.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Casa Montes

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Casa Montes

How Winery Casa Montes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal tagine with potatoes and olives, salted lentils or duck with orange and honey.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Casa Montes

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Casa Montes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Casa Montes

How Winery Casa Montes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of bernard's potée, lamb keftas or shrimp risotto with curry.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Casa Montes

  • 2011With an average score of 2.70/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Roussette

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Casa Montes

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 Casa Montes.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Casa Montes and wines from the region

Chile harvest report 2022: ‘a challenging year in terms of climate’ 

Just over 6,400km in length, Chile is a country with a fascinating range of terroirs. This is fully reflected in the diversity of its wines. Heavily influenced by air currents from the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes to the east, all of Chile’s wine producing valleys have their own microclimates, as well as distinct complex soil composition. This variety means that individual vineyards experienced the harvest conditions of 2022 in different ways. It was a year that saw the continuation o ...

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: Cellar master

The cellar master is the technical manager of a winery (usually a professional oenologist), who presides over and oversees the wine-making process and its maturation. Unlike an oenologist in a wine laboratory, who intervenes on an ad hoc basis to assist the winemaker, the cellar master is part of the estate's technical team.

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