Winery Corbeau Wines - Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon

Winery Corbeau WinesMad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon

The Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Corbeau Wines is a wine from the region of Mendoza.
This wine generally goes well with
The Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon of the Winery Corbeau Wines is in the top 0 of wines of Mendoza.

Details and technical informations about Winery Corbeau Wines's Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Gros Cabernet

A very old variety grown in the Bordeaux region, where it originated. It is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between iron and black txakoli, although this has yet to be confirmed, especially as the latter has the same synonym (h)ondarrabi beltza, which is also attributed to cabernet franc. According to genetic analyses carried out in Montpellier (Hérault), gros Cabernet is the mother of carmenère. Almost unknown in other French wine regions, gros Cabernet is no longer replanted and is therefore in danger of disappearing. It can sometimes be found in isolated strains in very old vines, in Germany, in the south of Australia, and can now be found in wine conservatories in the south-west of France, ... .

Last vintages of this wine

Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon - 2018
In the top 0 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Mad Bird Cabernet Sauvignon from Winery Corbeau Wines are 2018

Informations about the Winery Corbeau Wines

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery Corbeau Wines is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 15000 of of Argentina wines
In the top 15000 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 300000 of wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

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.

News related to this wine

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Freak frost hits Argentinian vineyards as Mendoza declares emergency

Early reports have suggested a significant frost impact in the Mendoza region, although producers were still assessing their vines. ‘We [are] talking about 10,000 hectares of vineyards affected,’ Mendoza’s sub-secretary of state Sergio Moralejo told reporters on Thursday, 4 November. The Mendoza regional government has declared an agriculture state of emergency after temperatures plunged to as a low as -4 degrees Celsius on Sunday (30 October) and Monday (31 October). The Valle de Uc ...

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: Overmaturation

When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.

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