The Winery Mendez Terres is one of the best wineries to follow in Lujan de Cuyo.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Lujan de Cuyo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Mendez Terres wines in Lujan de Cuyo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mendez Terres 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 Mendez Terres wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Mendez Terres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, leg of lamb with crust or savoyard pizza (cream base).
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mendez Terres. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Luján de Cuyo is a wine-producing sub-region of Argentina's largest viticultural area, Mendoza. Unsurprisingly, Malbec is the region's most-important grape variety, producing Bold, intensely flavored red wines. Excellent wines are also produced here from Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Torrontés.
Located in a valley just South of Mendoza City itself, the Luján de Cuyo region is home to some of the most famous names in Argentinean wine.
These include Catena Zapata, Bodega Septima and Cheval des Andes.
The small town of Luján de Cuyo is on the northern banks of the Mendoza River. From here the viticultural area of the same name stretches south for roughly 30 kilometers (20 miles) between the Andes Mountains in the west and the Lunlunta hills in the east.
The region was the first in Argentina to be officially recognized as an appellation in 1993, and includes the wine-producing zones of Vistalba, Las Compuertas, Perdriel, Agrelo and Ugarteche.
MaipuLies directly east of Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley is to the south.
The region's position on the edge of the imposing Andes mountain chain has an enormous effect on the Terroir. The hot, DryClimate is moderated by the high altitude of the region, averaging about 1000m (3300ft) above sea level.
At this altitude, the vineyards are subject to more-intense solar radiation during the day than lower-lying areas.
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Interspecific cross between an othello-rupestris and the noah obtained in 1885 by Fernand Gaillard. In the 1960s, Gaillard 2 still represented nearly 4,000 hectares, particularly in the Centre-West and Burgundy regions. Today, it has practically disappeared.
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Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.
