The Winery Xumek of San Juan

Winery Xumek
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 99 of the estates of San Juan.
It is located in San Juan

The Winery Xumek is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of San Juan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Xumek wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Xumek

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Xumek

How Winery Xumek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef miroton, sri lankan lamb rolls (mutton rolls) or one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Xumek

On the nose the red wine of Winery Xumek. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Xumek. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Xumek

  • 2010With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of San Juan

Argentina's 2nd province by volume, a very sunny Andean oasis (<30 cloudy days/year). Signature Syrah (~22% of Argentine Syrah): intense, sun-drenched reds with signature notes of blackberry, black plum, pepper, olive, violet and sweet spice, round tannins and vivid fruit. Also fleshy Malbec, supple Bonarda, spicy Tempranillo. Floral, muscat Torrontes and ample Chardonnay in white.

Vineyards at 600-1,400 m irrigated by Andean glacial meltwater. Arid climate.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Xumek

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Xumek

How Winery Xumek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of osso bucco, pork roll with mustard or duck with vanilla (reunion island).

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Xumek

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Xumek.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top white wines of Winery Xumek

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Xumek

How Winery Xumek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of beef tagine with vegetables, light salmon steaks and or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Xumek

On the nose the white wine of Winery Xumek. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Xumek. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Xumek

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

The top pink wines of Winery Xumek

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Xumek

How Winery Xumek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), cutlets with portuguese sauce or savoyard pizza (cream base).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Xumek

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

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