The Winery Sunal of Calchaqui Valley of Salta

Winery Sunal
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Salta.
It is located in Calchaqui Valley in the region of Salta

The Winery Sunal is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Calchaqui Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sunal wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Sunal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sunal

How Winery Sunal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, lamb meatballs with mint or coconut chicken à la bellevilloise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Sunal

On the nose the red wine of Winery Sunal. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Sunal. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Sunal

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Criolla Grande

Discovering the wine region of Calchaqui Valley

Calchaqui Valleys is the most prolific wine region in Northern Argentina. It is also one of the highest anywhere in the world, with Vineyard altitudes ranging from 1500 to 3100 meters. As with other parts of the Country, Malbec is the key variety, supported by Cabernet Sauvignon and Torrontés. Merlot, Tannat, Cereza, Syrah, Bonarda and Moscatel (usually Muscat of Alexandria) are also grown.

The valleys still only account for around two percent of the national output, but the wines are well regarded for their concentration and balancing Acidity. The region therefore punches above its weight in terms of winning awards. The region is over 270 kilometers in Length, running north to South in a series of Deep valleys along the spine of the Andes. It is home to over 4,200 hectares of vineyards and more than 300 grape growers and producers, though no wineries are found here.

The zone spans state lines across Tucumán (accounting for just over 100ha of the total), Catamarca (over 700ha) and Salta (around 3400ha). The subregion of Cafayate Lies within the latter. Average vineyard Size is much larger in Salta, at around 12ha. That average is just 2ha in Catamarca and Tucumán.

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

Discover the grape variety: Chancellor

Cross between 5163 Seibel (2 Gaillard x 2510 Seibel) and 880 Seibel (28112 Couderc x 2003 Seibel) obtained by Albert Seibel (1844-1936). It was the first direct-producing hybrid cultivated in France and has now practically disappeared. It can still be found in a few old vines in the form of isolated strains. It can be found in the United States (New York, etc.) and in Canada, where it is part of the grape varieties grown on a large number of vineyards.

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