The Winery Finca La Escondida of San Juan

Winery Finca La Escondida
The winery offers 40 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Grupo Peñaflor.
It is ranked in the top 57 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Finca La Escondida is one of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Finca La Escondida wines

Looking for the best Winery Finca La Escondida wines in San Juan among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Finca La Escondida 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 Winery Finca La Escondida wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Finca La Escondida

How Winery Finca La Escondida wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, royal couscous or chicken curry with coconut milk and cashew nuts.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

On the nose the red wine of Winery Finca La Escondida. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, earth or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Finca La Escondida. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.39/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Finca La Escondida.

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Bonarda
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of San Juan

San Juan is an important Argentinean wine-producing area, producing wines of increasing quality using traditional European Grape varieties. The wine region of San Juan covers the administrative area of the same name in the north-western corner of Argentina. The province sits between Mendoza and La Rioja, and is almost entirely contained within the mountainous foothills of the Andes. In terms of production Volume, San Juan is Argentina's second-largest wine region after Mendoza.

It accounts for 17 percent of the national Vineyard">Vineyard area with 32,274 hectares (79,752 acres) recorded by the National Viticulture Institute in 2019. About half of the province's agricultural land is devoted to vineyards. Vineyards lie in a series of valleys across the center-west of San Juan. The most important area of production is the Tulum Valley.

Other subregions include the Zonda Valley and the high-quality Pedernal Valley. San Juan Grape Varieties Syrah and the ever-present Malbec are the foremost varieties in terms of prestige. In terms of vineyard area, red grapes account for just under 38 percent of the total, with white grapes at 26 percent. The 2019 Annual Surface Report of the National Viticulture Institute recorded the main varieties.

The top white wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Finca La Escondida

How Winery Finca La Escondida wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pasta carbonara almost like the real thing, chinese fondue or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

On the nose the white wine of Winery Finca La Escondida. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Finca La Escondida. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

  • 2020With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Finca La Escondida.

  • Chardonnay
  • Torrontés
  • Moscato
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Winery Finca La Escondida

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Finca La Escondida

How Winery Finca La Escondida wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of provencal stew, caramelized lamb mice or savoyard crozet gratin.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Finca La Escondida

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Finca La Escondida.

  • Malbec

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Finca La Escondida

Planning a wine route in the of San Juan? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Finca La Escondida.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Finca La Escondida and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

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