The Winery Granja União of Serra Ga&uacutecha of Rio Grande do Sul

Winery Granja União
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.9.
It is ranked in the top 1113 of the estates of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is located in Serra Ga&uacutecha in the region of Rio Grande do Sul

The Winery Granja União is one of the best wineries to follow in Serra Gaúcha.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Serra Ga&uacutecha to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Granja União wines

Looking for the best Winery Granja União wines in Serra Gaúcha among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Granja União 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 Granja União wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Granja União

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Granja União

How Winery Granja União wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or rabbit good woman.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Granja União

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Granja União. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Granja União

  • 1951With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.87/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.83/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.71/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Serra Ga&uacutecha

Serra Gaúcha is a Brazilian wine region in the Southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, where Brazil meets Uruguay. Its name is apt: the landscape here is characterized by low mountain ranges (serras) and populated by gaúchos, the cowboys of the Brazilian Pampas. Small landholdings of just a few hectares are the norm in Serra Gacúha, which makes co-operative winemaking almost a necessity. The cost of buying and maintaining winemaking equipment is considerable, so local vignerons pool their resources and invest in shared, co-operative wineries.

It was through similar collaborative efforts that a group of Serra Gaúcha winemakers successfully campaigned for the creation of Vale do Vinhedos DO, Brazil's first wine appellation. With the infamous Bento Goncalves at the heart, Serra Gaúcha is considered the wine capital region of Brazil and is responsible for 80 percent of the entire country's production of wine. Serra Gaúcha's Terroir is characterized by the region's altitude and latitude, while the local culture is tangibly influenced by the immigrant populations from Germany and Italy. Porto Alegre is the state capital and is, as its name impLies, a harbor town.

It lies at the eastern edge of the Serra Gaúcha winelands, and from there the land rises from sea level to more than 2,500 feet (760m) at Caixas do Sul, the state's second city and local wine capital. The altitude and mountainous topography here are vital to the area's suitability for viticulture, providing cooling temperatures to create a longer growing season and higher acid retention. Soil type of the region is also attributed to the altitude with viticulture predominantly found planted in pockets of volcanic basalt that is high in nutrients. The local cuisine and architecture show significant Italian influences, and Italy is largely to thank for the birth of effective viticulture here in the late 19th Century.

The top white wines of Winery Granja União

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Granja União

How Winery Granja União wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of quick brioche sausage, sophie's tuna cake or pasta with broccoli.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Granja União

  • 2017With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.87/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Malvasia

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top pink wines of Winery Granja União

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Granja União

How Winery Granja União wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou or quinoa patties with courgettes and fresh goat cheese.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Granja União

  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Downy mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Granja União

Planning a wine route in the of Serra Ga&uacutecha? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Granja União.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Granja União and wines from the region

Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...

Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

The word of the wine: Downy mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.