Winery Van Zijl - Illusion Malbec - Bonarda

Winery Van ZijlIllusion Malbec - Bonarda

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Illusion Malbec - Bonarda of Winery Van Zijl is a red wine from the region of Mendoza.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.

Details and technical informations about Winery Van Zijl's Illusion Malbec - Bonarda.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Illusion Malbec - Bonarda - 2019
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Illusion Malbec - Bonarda - 2018
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Illusion Malbec - Bonarda from Winery Van Zijl are 2019, 2018

Informations about the Winery Van Zijl

The winery offers 17 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the Imbuko.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery Van Zijl is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 9500 of of Argentina wines
In the top 250 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 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.

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The word of the wine: Bracket

Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.

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