The Winery Tenuta Montalbano of Ticino

Winery Tenuta Montalbano
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 251 of the estates of Ticino.
It is located in Ticino

The Winery Tenuta Montalbano is one of the best wineries to follow in Ticino.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Ticino to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tenuta Montalbano wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

How Winery Tenuta Montalbano wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cataplana with seafood or pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes.

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

  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Ticino

Ticino is a relatively small wine region in the alpine South of Switzerland, prized for its Merlot, and located along its border with Italy. The wine region's borders follow those of the canton of Ticino, a primarily Italian-speaking enclave in the landlocked multilingual country (the canton is called "Tessin" by the French and German speakers). Vineyard">Vineyards in region cover just over 1,100 hectares (2,700 acres) and are centred around the rivers and large, alpine lakes of the canton. The latter are a major tourist attraction - much like the lake of Como, just 5km (3 miles) from Ticino's southernmost tip - and they all share water with Italy.

Merlot is the flagship variety here. This Bordeaux variety, which may seem an unusual variety of preference for a Swiss wine region, was introduced to Ticino in the early 20th century. It makes up just over 80 percent of the entire vineyard area and has been so successful, it has been given its own appellation: Merlot del Ticino. This can be relatively light or – when from the warmer, sunnier vineyards and carefully vinified with oak – as fine and well Structured as good red Bordeaux.

Other varieties include Chardonnay (4 percent) and Sauvignon Blanc (1. 7 percent). In total, white wines only represent nine percent of the regional output. Other than Merlot, reds include (in order of planting area) Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and one of Switzerland's "indigenous" crossings: Gamaret.

The top red wines of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

How Winery Tenuta Montalbano wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of daube niçoise, imene's tunisian ojja or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tenuta Montalbano. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tenuta Montalbano

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Brun fourca

Brun Fourca noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 very large grapes. The Brun Fourca noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

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Discover the grape variety: Jacquère

Jacquère is the most widespread grape variety in Savoie. It has medium-sized bunches that are cylindrical-conical. They are compact and often winged. The berries are medium-sized and can be slightly elongated or spherical, with thick skins that turn from yellowish green to golden yellow to a slightly pinkish hue when fully ripe. The soft flesh of the fruit of this variety is tart but not very juicy. Jacquère has a budding process almost identical to that of Chasselas. With a semi-erect growth habit, this white variety is vigorous and fertile, and should be pruned short to be more productive. It thrives on clay-limestone soils as well as on stony scree. Grey rot and black rot are the main enemies of Jaquère. It can cope with oidium and mildew. This variety produces a light, pale, acidic and lively wine with a floral aroma. It should be consumed quickly.

News about Winery Tenuta Montalbano and wines from the region

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Bâtonnage

A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.