Wine tasting of premium wines from different viticulture areas of Argentina.
The idea is to learn more abour Argentina with a wine experience, showing the different smells, flavors and colours of the most rich wine regions.
The tasting takes around one hour.
We will taste five wines.
Colome torrontes: Its the most important withe wine from Salta.
Alto Cedro tempranillo: A very particular example of Tempranillo of La Consulta, Mendoza.
Ave Malbec Premium: The famous and fruity malbec from its most caracteristic area, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza
Urraca Cabernet Sauvignon: A powerful and special cabernet from Valley de Uco, Mendoza
Colome Malbec Estate: Another big example of the spicy flavors from the north of Argentina
We will taste as well few delicatessen cheeses of goat.
The idea is to learn more abour Argentina with a wine experience, showing the different smells, flavors and colours of the most rich wine regions.
The tasting takes around one hour.
We will taste five wines.
Colome torrontes: Its the most important withe wine from Salta.
Alto Cedro tempranillo: A very particular example of Tempranillo of La Consulta, Mendoza.
Ave Malbec Premium: The famous and fruity malbec from its most caracteristic area, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza
Urraca Cabernet Sauvignon: A powerful and special cabernet from Valley de Uco, Mendoza
Colome Malbec Estate: Another big example of the spicy flavors from the north of Argentina
We will taste as well few delicatessen cheeses of goat.
Our services include an English speaking sommelier, who will guide you through this wonderful experience.
Minimum of attendees 6.
Date to be confirmed according to the attendees availability.
The wine tasting will take place in 7 Spirits store in Palermo Soho neighborhood, Buenos Aires.
Address Nicaragua 5942.
More information about Malbec wine in Argentina
While acreage of Malbec is declining in France, in Argentina the grape is surging and has become a "national variety" of sort that is uniquely identified with Argentine wine. The grape was first introduced to the region in the mid 19th century when provincial governor, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, instructed the French agronomist Miguel Pouget to bring grapevine cuttings from France to Argentina. Of the vines that Pouget brought were the very first Malbec vines to be planted in the country.[9] During the economic turmoil of the 20th century, some plantings of Malbec were pulled out to make way for the jug wine producing varieties of Criolla Grande and Cereza. But the grape was rediscovered in the late 20th century as the Argentine wine industry shifted its focus to premium wine production for export. As the Argentine wine industry discovered the unique quality of wine that could be made from the grape, Malbec arose to greater prominence and is today the most widely planted red grape variety in the country. As of 2003 there were over 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares) of Malbec in Argentina.
The grape clusters of Argentine Malbec are different from its French relatives have smaller berries in tighter, smaller clusters. This suggest that the cuttings brought over by Pouget and later French immigrants was a unique clone that may have gone extinct in France due to frost and the phylloxera epidemic. Argentine Malbec wine is characterized by its deep color and intense fruity flavors with a velvety texture. While it doesn't have the tannic structure of a French Malbec, being more plush in texture, Argentine Malbecs have shown aging potential similar to their French counterparts. The Mendoza region is the leading producer of Malbec in Argentina with plantings found throughout the country in places such as La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, Catamarca and Buenos Aires.
High Altitude Mendoza Malbec
Argentina’s most highly rated Malbec wines originate from Mendoza’s high altitude wine regions of Lujan de Cuyo and the Uco Valley. These Districts are located in the foothills of the Andes mountains between 800 m and 1500 m elevation (2,800 to 5,000 feet).
Argentine vintner Nicolas Catena Zapata has been widely credited for elevating the status of Argentine Malbec and the Mendoza region through serious experimentation into the effects of high altitude.I n 1994, he was the first to plant a Malbec vineyard at almost 1500 m (5,000 feet) elevation in the Gualtallary sub-district of Tupungato, the Adrianna Vineyard, and to develop a clonal selection of Argentine Malbec.
High altitude Mendoza has attracted many notable foreign winemakers such as Paul Hobbs, Michel Rolland, Roberto Cipresso and Alberto Antonini, and today, there are several Malbecs from the region scoring over 95 points in the Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate.
