Winery Piccolo BanfiEstigma Gran Blend
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Malbec and the Petit Verdot.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Estigma Gran Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Estigma Gran Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Estigma Gran Blend
The Estigma Gran Blend of Winery Piccolo Banfi matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, chicken massala or halibut with flambéed comté.
Details and technical informations about Winery Piccolo Banfi's Estigma Gran 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 Estigma Gran Blend from Winery Piccolo Banfi are 2013, 2015, 0, 2014
Informations about the Winery Piccolo Banfi
The Winery Piccolo Banfi is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Buenos Aires to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Buenos Aires
The wine region of Buenos Aires is located in the region of Patagonia of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Piccolo Banfi or the Domaine Puerta del Abra produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Buenos Aires are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Buenos Aires is a powerful.
The wine region of Patagonia
Patagonia is South America's southernmost wine-producing region. Despite being one of the world's least-obvious places for quality viticulture, this desert region – with its cool, DryClimate – has proved itself well suited to producing Elegant red wines from Pinot Noir and Malbec. The geographical region covers a vast area – around twice the Size of California – across southern Argentina and Chile. Patagonia is more closely associated with dinosaurs and desert than with fine wine, but it has a viticultural zone that stretches 300 kilometers (200 miles) along the Neuquen and Rio Negro rivers, from Anelo in the west to Choele Choel in the east.
The word of the wine: Cuvée (champagne)
Juice harvested during the first pressing. The term "cuvée" is also used to describe the final blend of wines of a given quality. Tête de cuvée : the first juice to come out during the first pressing.
