Winery Don Cristobal1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Sangiovese and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese
Pairings that work perfectly with 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese
Original food and wine pairings with 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese
The 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese of Winery Don Cristobal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of picadillo, provencal veal tendrons or pork roll with mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Don Cristobal's 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese.
Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 1492 Merlot - Bonarda - Sangiovese from Winery Don Cristobal are 2014, 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Don Cristobal
The Winery Don Cristobal is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
