The Winery Gimenez Mendez of Canelones

Winery Gimenez Mendez
The winery offers 109 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 18 of the estates of Canelones.
It is located in Canelones

The Winery Gimenez Mendez is one of the world's great estates. It offers 109 wines for sale in of Canelones to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gimenez Mendez wines

Looking for the best Winery Gimenez Mendez wines in Canelones among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Gimenez Mendez 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 Gimenez Mendez wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez

How Winery Gimenez Mendez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, genuine chicken tagine olive and lemon confit tagine with argan oil or three-cheese pie (beaufort, comté, emmental).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

On the nose the red wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, black currant or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.62/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez.

  • Tannat
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Arinarnoa
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Canelones

The Canelones administrative department, Northeast of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, is home to the majority of Uruguay's Vineyards and accounts for aRound 60 percent of all wine produced in the country. It Lies in the South of the small South American country, where the majority of vines are planted, inland from the Atlantic coast and the Rio de la Plata estuary. The region itself covers a broad arc approximately 50km (30 miles) Deep, drawn clockwise from the northwestern outskirts of Montevideo round to the coastline east of the capital city. The eponymous administrative capital of the region lies 50km (31 miles) to the north of Montevideo.

The wine towns of Juanico and Progreso are to be found on this route north out of the capital, separated from one another by just 10km (6 miles). Canelones town lies a further 10km north of Juanico. The densely planted viticultural area that surrounds these towns is arguably the epicenter of the Uruguayan wine industry. More Tannat vines are planted here than in any other place on earth, including Madiran, Tannat's spiritual home.

Wines from Canelones are made from more than just Tannat, however. A number of different international varieties are used, including light-skinned varieties Pinot Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. Among the red wine grapes popular here, Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Merlot figure strongly. The Carrau family, one of Uruguay's wine pioneers, has had vineyards in this region since 1930, planted with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay, as well as the northern Italian classics Nebbiolo and Marzemino.

The top white wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez

How Winery Gimenez Mendez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato, zarzuela mayonapo or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.53/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez

How Winery Gimenez Mendez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, old-fashioned pork roll or roast duck in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Tannat

The word of the wine: Approval

All the operations (tasting and analysis) that allow the appellation to be obtained for each of the wines of a property, for each vintage.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez

How Winery Gimenez Mendez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of potjevleesch (meat in a pot), ideas for savoury pancake toppings or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top sweet wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Gimenez Mendez

How Winery Gimenez Mendez wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quiche lorraine, wild boar ragout with kriek or mackerel in white wine.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Gimenez Mendez.

  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Servadou iron

A black grape variety from the southwest that produces a wine with spicy tannins and black currant and raspberry aromas. Under the name of Mansois, it is the main grape variety of Marcillac; it is also one of the important varieties of Gaillacois, where it is called Braucol. It is also used in the blends of other South-Western appellations (Fronton, Lavilledieu, Estaing, Madiran). Syn.: braucol, pinenc, mansois.

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Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet

It is a crossbreed made in 1855 by Louis and Henri Bouschet from an intraspecific crossing between Grenache noir and Petit Bouschet. The Alicante Henri Bouschet is less and less multiplied, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of vine of wine grapes list A.

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