The Winery Graffigna of San Juan

Winery Graffigna - V&iacutenculos Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
The winery offers 57 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Pernod Ricard.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Graffigna is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 57 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Graffigna wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Graffigna

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Graffigna

How Winery Graffigna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or original mafé with okra.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Graffigna

On the nose the red wine of Winery Graffigna. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or clove and sometimes also flavors of cassis, nutmeg or white pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Graffigna. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Graffigna

  • 2004With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.63/5

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

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

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 Graffigna

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Graffigna

How Winery Graffigna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or lean fish such as recipes of chicken and shrimp jambalaya, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or festive sea pot.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Graffigna

On the nose the white wine of Winery Graffigna. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, papaya or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Graffigna. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Graffigna

  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.44/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir 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. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Graffigna

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Graffigna

How Winery Graffigna wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), crusted lamb fillets with sweet spices or moroccan kefta balls.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Rosé de saignée

A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Graffigna

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 Graffigna.

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.

News about Winery Graffigna and wines from the region

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 ...

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: Rosé de saignée

A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.

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