Winery El Hijo Prodigo - Malbec - Bonarda

Winery El Hijo ProdigoMalbec - Bonarda

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Malbec - Bonarda of Winery El Hijo Prodigo is a red wine from the region of Mendoza.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.

Details and technical informations about Winery El Hijo Prodigo's Malbec - Bonarda.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Malbec - Bonarda - 2012
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Malbec - Bonarda from Winery El Hijo Prodigo are 2012

Informations about the Winery El Hijo Prodigo

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery El Hijo Prodigo is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 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 10000 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 450000 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.

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The word of the wine: Petiole

Stem of the leaf, connecting the leaf blade to the stem.

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