Winery O. FournierB Crux Blend
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Malbec, the Tempranillo and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the B Crux Blend of Winery O. Fournier in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry.
Food and wine pairings with B Crux Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with B Crux Blend
Original food and wine pairings with B Crux Blend
The B Crux Blend of Winery O. Fournier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast beef with garlic, original mafé with okra or nanie's diced ham quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery O. Fournier's B Crux Blend.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of B Crux Blend from Winery O. Fournier are 2005, 2004, 2001, 2014 and 2003.
Informations about the Winery O. Fournier
The Winery O. Fournier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in the of Uco Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Uco Valley
The Uco Valley (Valle de Uco) is a key winegrowing region of Mendoza, Argentina. An hour's drive South from the city of Mendoza, it is home to some of the region's most famous wines. Argentina's primary Grape variety of Malbec shines here, producing terroir-driven red wines with a distinctive Floral">floralAroma. Cabernet Franc is much less widely planted, but some great results have been achieved.
The wine region of Mendoza
Mendoza is by far the largest wine region in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the country's annual wine production. The French Grape variety Malbec has its New World home in the vineyards of Mendoza, producing red wines of great concentration and intensity. The province Lies on the western edge of Argentina, across the Andes Mountains from Chile.
The word of the wine: Grenache gris
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
