Winery Monte QuietoAlegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc of the Winery Monte Quieto is in the top 80 of wines of Lujan de Cuyo.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc of Winery Monte Quieto in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc
The Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc of Winery Monte Quieto matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with cider, old-fashioned pork roll or rabbit with beer and mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Monte Quieto's Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Alegre Gran Corte de Cabernet Franc from Winery Monte Quieto are 2017, 2015, 2014, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Monte Quieto
The Winery Monte Quieto is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Lujan de Cuyo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lujan de Cuyo
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.
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: Thinning
Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.
