The Winery Tierras Altas is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Lujan de Cuyo to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Tierras Altas wines in Lujan de Cuyo among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tierras Altas 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 Tierras Altas wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Tierras Altas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, moroccan tagine with lamb and cardoons or thai chicken with red curry and green curry in coconut milk.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Tierras Altas. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tierras Altas. is a powerful.
Luján de Cuyo is a wine-producing sub-region of Argentina's largest viticultural area, Mendoza. Unsurprisingly, Malbec is the region's most-important grape variety, producing Bold, intensely flavored red wines. Excellent wines are also produced here from Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Torrontés.
Located in a valley just South of Mendoza City itself, the Luján de Cuyo region is home to some of the most famous names in Argentinean wine.
These include Catena Zapata, Bodega Septima and Cheval des Andes.
The small town of Luján de Cuyo is on the northern banks of the Mendoza River. From here the viticultural area of the same name stretches south for roughly 30 kilometers (20 miles) between the Andes Mountains in the west and the Lunlunta hills in the east.
The region was the first in Argentina to be officially recognized as an appellation in 1993, and includes the wine-producing zones of Vistalba, Las Compuertas, Perdriel, Agrelo and Ugarteche.
MaipuLies directly east of Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley is to the south.
The region's position on the edge of the imposing Andes mountain chain has an enormous effect on the Terroir. The hot, DryClimate is moderated by the high altitude of the region, averaging about 1000m (3300ft) above sea level.
At this altitude, the vineyards are subject to more-intense solar radiation during the day than lower-lying areas.
How Winery Tierras Altas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina), fideuà (spain) or cream and ham ravioli.
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.
How Winery Tierras Altas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of fish curry à la reunion, magic cake cheese quiche or potato and goat cheese pie.
Said of a wine unbalanced by its lack of acidity.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
