Winery Agustina de AlbaBlanc de Alba
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Chenin blanc.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Blanc de Alba
Pairings that work perfectly with Blanc de Alba
Original food and wine pairings with Blanc de Alba
The Blanc de Alba of Winery Agustina de Alba matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or chicken and shrimp jambalaya.
Details and technical informations about Winery Agustina de Alba's Blanc de Alba.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Blanc de Alba from Winery Agustina de Alba are 2014, 0, 2016, 2015 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Agustina de Alba
The Winery Agustina de Alba is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Gualtallary to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gualtallary
The wine region of Gualtallary is located in the region of Uco Valley of Mendoza of Argentina. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine El Enemigo or the Domaine PerSe produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gualtallary are Malbec, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gualtallary often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit or tree fruit.
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: Passerillage
Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.
