The Winery Shungo of Uco Valley of Mendoza

Winery Shungo
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 534 of the estates of Mendoza.
It is located in Uco Valley in the region of Mendoza

The Winery Shungo is one of the best wineries to follow in Uco Valley.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Uco Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Shungo wines

Looking for the best Winery Shungo wines in Uco Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Shungo 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 Shungo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Shungo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Shungo

How Winery Shungo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of tibs (ethiopia), seven o'clock leg of lamb or honey chicken salad.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Shungo

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Shungo. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Shungo

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Shungo.

  • Malbec

Discovering 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.

In addition, some of Mendoza's finest white wines made from Chardonnay and Torrontés come from Uco Valley Vineyards. The relatively cool Climate allows the requisite slower ripening period. Although considered Part of the Mendoza region, the Uco Valley can be recognized in its own right on several counts. Not only is the vine-growing area quite distinct; the region is also home to several of Argentina's top producers.

Attracted by the excellent climate and soil, newcomers such as the Bordeaux-based names Lurton, Dassault, Rothschild and Rolland have raised the region's profile. The vineyards of Vista Flores have produced some particularly successful wines. Among Uco's specific merits is its high elevation at the foot of the Andes mountains. The valley's La Consulta and Tunuyan sub-regions sit at altitudes of 850 meters (2000 ft) and 1100m (3600 ft) respectively.

The top white wines of Winery Shungo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Shungo

How Winery Shungo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of yellow risotto with mussels, quiche without eggs or chicken and courgette pie.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Shungo.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Shungo

Planning a wine route in the of Uco Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Shungo.

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.

News about Winery Shungo and wines from the region

Freak frost hits Argentinian vineyards as Mendoza declares emergency

Early reports have suggested a significant frost impact in the Mendoza region, although producers were still assessing their vines. ‘We [are] talking about 10,000 hectares of vineyards affected,’ Mendoza’s sub-secretary of state Sergio Moralejo told reporters on Thursday, 4 November. The Mendoza regional government has declared an agriculture state of emergency after temperatures plunged to as a low as -4 degrees Celsius on Sunday (30 October) and Monday (31 October). The Valle de Uc ...

Greatest vineyards: Decanter names 12 ‘to rule them all’

Decanter has published a list of ‘12 vineyards to rule them all‘, featuring some of the greatest vineyards across the globe, after consulting a selection of leading wine world experts. After much debate and discussion, the final dozen takes wine lovers on a journey across the international wine world, from Burgundy and Barolo to Napa Valley, via South Australia and Argentina – to name just a few destinations. Not everyone will agree with the choices made, of course. It’s a list that ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

The word of the wine: Flavours (families of)

Aromas are classified into categories called families of aromas: fruity, floral, fermentative, vegetal, woody, balsamic, spicy, mineral, empyreumatic, animal.