Winery Colon - Malbec - Syrah

Winery Colon Malbec - Syrah

3.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Malbec - Syrah of Winery Colon is a red wine from the region of San Juan.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Details and technical informations about Winery Colon's Malbec - Syrah.

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Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Malbec - Syrah - 2017
In the top 100 of of San Juan wines
Average rating: 3.2 1 1 1 0 0
Malbec - Syrah - 2016
In the top 100 of of San Juan wines
Average rating: 3.1 1 1 1 0 0

The best vintages of Malbec - Syrah from Winery Colon are 2017, 2016

Informations about the Winery Colon

The winery offers 23 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 2.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Colon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine San Juan
In the top 30000 of of Argentina wines
In the top 1500 of of San Juan wines
In the top 650000 of red wines
In the top 1500000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Aragnan

A very rare white grape variety that can be found in the blends of the Palette appellation (Provence).

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