The Winery Tilimuqui is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of La Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Tilimuqui wines in La Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Tilimuqui 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 Tilimuqui wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Tilimuqui wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or okonomiyaki or japanese 'pancake.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Tilimuqui. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Tilimuqui. is a powerful.
La Rioja is a wine region in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in western Argentina, North of Mendoza and San Juan. Unlike its Spanish namesake, it has traditionally been associated most closely with white wines.
The mountainous Terroir of the region is particularly suited to the Torrontés Riojano variety, which produces Fruity, Soft, Aromatic whites. Bonarda, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec can also be found growing throughout the region.
Locals argue that La Rioja was one of the first Argentinian regions to have vines Planted in it, and Spanish settlers in the late 16th Century are widely credited with being the first to plant grapes here. La Rioja was named for the northern Spanish region by Juan Ramirez de Velasco, a native of the latter.
This has caused some animosity between the two regions. In 2011, the Argentinian province won a court case allowing it to continue to label its wines as 'La Rioja Argentina'.
Vineyard conditions in La Rioja
La Rioja's position in the rain shadow of the Andes range means that wine-producing areas are strictly governed by access to water. As a result, vineyard distribution is scattered.
There is a single main production area in the Famatina Valley, which sits in the mesoclimate formed by the Sierra de Velasco and the Sierra de Famatina mountain ranges. Some small vineyard areas can also be found around the towns of Nonogasta and Villa Union.
How Winery Tilimuqui wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, tunisian macaroni or carrot soup with curry and coconut milk.
How Winery Tilimuqui wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, vegetarian or aperitif such as recipes of thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong), quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or cheese gougères.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Tilimuqui. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or floral.
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
Planning a wine route in the of La Rioja? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Tilimuqui.
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.
