The Winery Inti Valley of San Rafael of Mendoza

Winery Inti Valley - Essence of The Andes Malbec
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 52 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in San Rafael in the region of Mendoza

The Winery Inti Valley is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of San Rafael to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Inti Valley wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Inti Valley

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Inti Valley

How Winery Inti Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or aïoli.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Inti Valley

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Inti Valley. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Inti Valley

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of San Rafael

San Rafael is an Argentine wine region located in the very Center of the Mendoza province, roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) South of the city of Mendoza. Although not on the scale of the Vineyard">Vineyards around Mendoza's main wine regions in the north-west of the province, the vineyards of San Rafael still cover almost 22,000 hectares (54,000 acres), which still represents 15 percent of Mendoza's plantings, and the wines make up for quantity through quality. As expected Malbec is the primary grape variety here. Bordeaux-style blends are prominent among the region's most popular wines, and single-variety wines are also made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and, less commonly, Pinot Noir.

Bonarda (Charbono) is also grown but tends to feature in blended red wines. Chardonnay, Semillon and Torrontés feature among the white wine grape varieties. The wine estates are to the south of the city of San Rafael where the Atuel and Diamante rivers make their way toward the Pampas Plain from the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The effects of altitude here are generally not as important as in the rest of Mendoza, with vineyards generally found between 500 and 700 meters (1600ft and 2300ft) above sea level.

While the alpine vineyards of Alto Adige in Italy are found at similar heights – this is relatively low by Argentine standards. Despite its distance from the Andes in the west, San Rafael is still located within the mountain range's considerable rain shadow and has a semi-arid Climate as a consequence. At the same time rivers flowing down from the mountains provide plentiful snow-melt water for vineyard irrigation, which can be judiciously applied to limit the growth and vigor of the vine. The sandy, alluvial soils help in this regard as well; they are reasonably free-draining and cause the vines to develop Deep root systems.

The top white wines of Winery Inti Valley

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Inti Valley

How Winery Inti Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of quick crayfish chicken, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or goat cheese dumplings.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Inti Valley

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Inti Valley. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Inti Valley

Planning a wine route in the of San Rafael? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Inti Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

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The word of the wine: Venaison

Applied to the bouquet of a wine reminiscent of the smell of big game.