The Winery Somm of Rio Grande do Sul

Winery Somm
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is located in Rio Grande do Sul
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The Winery Somm is one of the best wineries to follow in Rio Grande do Sul.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Rio Grande do Sul to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Somm wines

Looking for the best Winery Somm wines in Rio Grande do Sul among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Somm 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 Somm wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Somm

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Somm

How Winery Somm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or pork colombo.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's most prolific wine-producing state. It is located in the very South of the country along the Uruguayan and Argentinian borders. The wine regions of Serra Gaucha, Campanha and Vale do Vinhedos can be found in this Part of the country. Soft, light red wines from a range of varieties such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat are made here.

Rich white wines from Chardonnay and Viognier are also produced. However, it is the fresh, FruitySparkling wines made here in the Italian spumante style that have captured the most attention. Today, Rio Grande do Sul is responsible for around 90 percent of Brazilian wine production, although only a small amount of this is quality wine made from Vitis vinifera grape varieties. Vitis labrusca and Hybrid grape varieties such as Isabella and Concord are better suited to the terroir here and still make up the majority of plantings.

The state lies some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the city of Sao Paulo and 300km (200 miles) North of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. Rio Grande do Sul (which means "great river of the south") is essentially a continuation of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. These are fertile lowlands that consist mainly of low, rolling hills and plains. In the more northern part of the state, the landscapes rise into low mountain ranges that extend northward into the bordering state, Santa Catarina.

The top white wines of Winery Somm

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Somm

How Winery Somm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of sauté of veal with olives (corsica), raoul's bouillabaisse or chicken tagine.

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

  • Muscat Blanc
  • Pinot Grigio

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Somm

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Somm

How Winery Somm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of provencal stew, quick couscous or thai green curry.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Somm.

  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Interknot

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Somm

Planning a wine route in the of Rio Grande do Sul? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Somm.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot grigio

Pinot grigio is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot grigio was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. pinot grigio is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot grigio wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot grigio is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

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