The Winery Corral de la Sierra of San José

Winery Corral de la Sierra - Cabernet Franc
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of San José.
It is located in San José

The Winery Corral de la Sierra is one of the best wineries to follow in San José.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of San José to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Corral de la Sierra wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Corral de la Sierra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Corral de la Sierra

How Winery Corral de la Sierra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf en daube, brazilian feijoada or cassoulet of yesteryear.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Corral de la Sierra

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Corral de la Sierra.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tannat

Discovering the wine region of San José

San Jose, in South-western Uruguay, is one of the country's 19 administrative departments. Located immediately west of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, it enjoys the climatic benefits of its position on the northern banks of the Rio de la Plata estuary. Seventy miles (113km) to the west, at the apex of the vast estuary, is the confluence of the Parana and Uruguay rivers, and just south of that is Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. San Jose vineyards produce white wines from a number of international wine Grape varieties including Pinot Blanc (although some authorities have suggested that these vines might in fact be Chenin Blanc), Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.

Unsurprisingly, given its ever-growing popularity in Uruguay, the local reds are based mostly on Tannat, either solo or blended with the likes of Tempranillo, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Merlot. The terrain here is much the same as in the more developed (in vinicultural terms) Canelones, a low-lying landscape of gently rolling hills similar to that seen in the Bordeaux/entre-deux-mers">Entre-deux-Mers and Libournais districts of France's famous Bordeaux wine region. Interestingly, the Climate also bears significant similarities to that found around Bordeaux. A contributing factor to this is San Jose's proximity to the Rio de la Plata estuary, mirrored in Bordeaux by the (much smaller) Gironde and the Atlantic Ocean.

It is interesting that two wine regions can have such similar terroirs, despite one being a whole ten degrees of latitude and more than 1000 miles (1609km) closer to the equator. Although San Jose has yet to acquire a reputation for its wines, its better-known neighbor Canelones has set an impressive precedent for the region to follow.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Corral de la Sierra

Planning a wine route in the of San José? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Corral de la Sierra.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Corral de la Sierra and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

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Bollinger Group purchases Sancerre estate Hubert Brochard

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The word of the wine: VDN

Natural sweet wine. Wine obtained by mutage of the must during fermentation by adding over-finished alcohol at 96 °, produced in the vineyards of Roussillon, Languedoc, Rhone Valley and Corsica.