Winery Dos PuentesGran Summit Cabernet Franc
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The Gran Summit Cabernet Franc of the Winery Dos Puentes is in the top 0 of wines of Tunuyán.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dos Puentes's Gran Summit Cabernet Franc.
Discover the grape variety: Pirobella
Interspecific crossing, obtained in South Africa in the 1960s by E.P. Evans, between the 15 Pirovano (madeleine angevine X bellino) and the isabelle. It should be noted that from this cross was also born the black muska.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gran Summit Cabernet Franc from Winery Dos Puentes are 2017
Informations about the Winery Dos Puentes
The Winery Dos Puentes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Tunuyán to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Tunuyán
The wine region of Tunuyán is located in the region of Uco Valley of Mendoza of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Viña Cobos or the Domaine El Enemigo produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Tunuyán are Malbec, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Tunuyán often reveals types of flavors of cream, oak or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of tar, bramble or black plum.
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.
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The word of the wine: Destemming
Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.
