The Winery Toscanini of Canelones

Winery Toscanini
The winery offers 56 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 34 of the estates of Canelones.
It is located in Canelones

The Winery Toscanini is one of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in of Canelones to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Toscanini wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Toscanini

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Toscanini

How Winery Toscanini wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, couscous merguez or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Toscanini

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Toscanini

  • 2004With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5

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

  • Tannat
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Canelones

The Canelones administrative department, Northeast of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, is home to the majority of Uruguay's Vineyards and accounts for aRound 60 percent of all wine produced in the country. It Lies in the South of the small South American country, where the majority of vines are planted, inland from the Atlantic coast and the Rio de la Plata estuary. The region itself covers a broad arc approximately 50km (30 miles) Deep, drawn clockwise from the northwestern outskirts of Montevideo round to the coastline east of the capital city. The eponymous administrative capital of the region lies 50km (31 miles) to the north of Montevideo.

The wine towns of Juanico and Progreso are to be found on this route north out of the capital, separated from one another by just 10km (6 miles). Canelones town lies a further 10km north of Juanico. The densely planted viticultural area that surrounds these towns is arguably the epicenter of the Uruguayan wine industry. More Tannat vines are planted here than in any other place on earth, including Madiran, Tannat's spiritual home.

Wines from Canelones are made from more than just Tannat, however. A number of different international varieties are used, including light-skinned varieties Pinot Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. Among the red wine grapes popular here, Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Merlot figure strongly. The Carrau family, one of Uruguay's wine pioneers, has had vineyards in this region since 1930, planted with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay, as well as the northern Italian classics Nebbiolo and Marzemino.

The top pink wines of Winery Toscanini

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Toscanini

How Winery Toscanini wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of scottish haggis, caramelized pork ribs or rabbit provencale (mario style).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Toscanini

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.32/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Toscanini.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Tannat
  • Marselan

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top white wines of Winery Toscanini

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Toscanini

How Winery Toscanini wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of magic cake cheese quiche, whole salmon in aromatic broth or chicken with scampi for christmas.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Toscanini

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.31/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.

The top sweet wines of Winery Toscanini

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Toscanini

How Winery Toscanini wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), lebanese lamb meatball or rabbit with green olives.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Toscanini.

  • Tannat

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Toscanini

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

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Toscanini and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly

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-Solutré-Pouilly, 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/Bour ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

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-Burgy, 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/BourgogneWines/ ...

The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.

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