The Bodegas Esmeralda of Mendoza

Bodegas Esmeralda - Estiba I Malbec
The winery offers 51 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Bodegas Esmeralda.
It is ranked in the top 2738 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in Mendoza

The Bodegas Esmeralda is one of the best wineries to follow in Mendoza.. It offers 51 wines for sale in of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Bodegas Esmeralda wines

Looking for the best Bodegas Esmeralda wines in Mendoza among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Bodegas Esmeralda 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 Bodegas Esmeralda wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Bodegas Esmeralda

How Bodegas Esmeralda wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of picadillo, milk-fed lamb sautéed with saffron and lemon or imene's tunisian ojja.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

On the nose the red wine of Bodegas Esmeralda. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Bodegas Esmeralda. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

  • 2000With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.39/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Bodegas Esmeralda.

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Bonarda
  • Tempranillo
  • Merlot

Discovering 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.

While the province is large (it covers a similar area to the state of New York), its viticultural land is clustered mainly in the northern Part, just South of Mendoza City. Here, the regions of Lujan de Cuyo, Maipu and the Uco Valley are home to some of the biggest names in Argentinian wine. Mendoza's winemaking history is nearly as Old as the colonial history of Argentina itself. The first vines were planted by priests of the Catholic Church's Jesuit order in the mid-16th Century, borrowing agricultural techniques from the Incas and Huarpes, who had occupied the land before them.

Malbec was introduced around this time by a French agronomist, Miguel Aimé Pouget. In the 1800s, Spanish and Italian immigrants flooded into Mendoza to escape the ravages of the Phylloxera louse that was devastating vineyards in Europe at the time. A boom in wine production came in 1885, when a railway line was completed between Mendoza and the country's capital city, Buenos Aires, providing a cheaper, easier way of sending wines out of the region. For most of the 20th Century, the Argentinean wine industry focused almost entirely on the domestic market, and it is only in the past 25 years that a push toward quality has led to the wines of Mendoza gracing restaurant lists the world over.

The top white wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Bodegas Esmeralda

How Bodegas Esmeralda wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork with mustard and honey, tuna gratin or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

On the nose the white wine of Bodegas Esmeralda. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Bodegas Esmeralda. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.39/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Bodegas Esmeralda.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Bodegas Esmeralda

How Bodegas Esmeralda wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef enchilladas au gratin, eggplant moussaka with lamb or pigeon with bacon and mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

On the nose the pink wine of Bodegas Esmeralda. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Bodegas Esmeralda

  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Bodegas Esmeralda.

  • Tempranillo
  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Lightning

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Bodegas Esmeralda

Planning a wine route in the of Mendoza? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Bodegas Esmeralda.

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

News about Bodegas Esmeralda and wines from the region

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, Decanter World Wine Awards results offer a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine. Each year’s results offer surprises and revelations, highlighting growth in quality and consistency – or lack thereof. An all-time record for wines tasted, discover the results from the 19th edition of the competition. Quick links to DWWA 2022 results Search all Best in Show medals Search all Platinum medals Search all Gold medals Search ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Lightning

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