Winery The Forefather - Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz

Winery The ForefatherGran Selección Malbec - Shiraz

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz of Winery The Forefather is a red wine from the region of Mendoza.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz of Winery The Forefather in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery The Forefather's Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2014
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2012
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2010
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz - 2008
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Gran Selección Malbec - Shiraz from Winery The Forefather are 2013, 2014, 2015, 2010 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery The Forefather

The winery offers 1 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery The Forefather is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 3000 of of Argentina wines
In the top 2500 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 55000 of red wines
In the top 85000 wines of the world

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.

News related to this wine

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Mancey

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-Mancey, 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 ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The word of the wine: Virile

Said of a robust, full-bodied wine and, in general, of wines reputed to be powerful in reference to masculine virility.

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