The Winery Merced del Estero of San Juan

Winery Merced del Estero
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Merced del Estero is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Merced del Estero wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Merced del Estero

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Merced del Estero

How Winery Merced del Estero wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of daube niçoise, truffade (auvergne - cantal - 15) or festive chinese fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Merced del Estero

On the nose the red wine of Winery Merced del Estero. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or floral. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Merced del Estero. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Merced del Estero

  • 2015With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.69/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Merced del Estero.

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Bonarda

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 sweet wines of Winery Merced del Estero

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Merced del Estero

How Winery Merced del Estero wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb with masalé sauce and rice or wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Merced del Estero.

  • Malbec

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 white wines of Winery Merced del Estero

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Merced del Estero

How Winery Merced del Estero wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, vegetarian or aperitif such as recipes of butternut soufflé, goat cheese and bacon quiche or hummus (chickpea puree).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Merced del Estero

On the nose the white wine of Winery Merced del Estero. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Merced del Estero. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Merced del Estero

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Merced del Estero.

  • Torrontés

The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Merced del Estero

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Merced del Estero

How Winery Merced del Estero wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of cassoulet of yesteryear, half-cooked bluefin tuna or spanish paella.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Merced del Estero.

  • Torrontés

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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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.

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The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.

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