Winery El ExploradorTorrontés
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, spicy food or aperitif.
Taste structure of the Torrontés from the Winery El Explorador
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Torrontés of Winery El Explorador in the region of Mendoza is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Torrontés
Pairings that work perfectly with Torrontés
Original food and wine pairings with Torrontés
The Torrontés of Winery El Explorador matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, vegetarian or aperitif such as recipes of papillotes of swordfish with curry, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or tuna samoussa.
Details and technical informations about Winery El Explorador's Torrontés.
Discover the grape variety: Calitor
Calitor is a black grape variety of Provençal origin that is not widely grown in France. It is only cultivated on a little more than a hundred hectares in total. The main characteristic of this variety is its bent stalk. Its adult leaves have 5 lobes and angular teeth. The leaf blade is both pubescent and downy. The young leaves have a pinkish tinge, especially in autumn. They are also downy. The tip of the calitor branch is cottony. Calitor is a recommended grape variety in the departments of Vaucluse and Var and is authorized in others such as Gard, Drôme and Ardèche. It has two variants, namely the grey calitor and the white calitor. The calitor is matured only 35 days after the chasselas but it is very productive. It appreciates hot and dry soils. This variety is resistant to oidium, but it remains sensitive to grey rot and mildew. Calitor produces a light, low-alcohol wine with little colour.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Torrontés from Winery El Explorador are 0
Informations about the Winery El Explorador
The Winery El Explorador is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 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: Bright
Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.
