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Weinert Carrascal Corte Tinto Mendoza 2019
A lovely blend of 40% malbec, 35% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot kept in large foudres of 2000-9000l for two years until mellow and round. This has soothing flavours of leather, tobacco and cedar. Weinert produce some of Argentina’s best traditionally-styled wines because they have a deep, cool cellar and the know-how to look after large casks.
Price:
£12.50
Bottle
Price:
£150.00
Case of 12
In Stock
Code: AR4661
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Malbec/Cabernet Sauvignon
- 75cl
- Now to 2027
- 14% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, diam
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Bodegas Weinert
Founded in 1975 by Bernardo Weinert, a Brazilian businessman of German origin, Cavas de Weinert has gone on to become one of highest-acclaimed wineries in Argentina. Bernardo invested heavily from the start, determined to make a top-quality wine in the best way possible, and this ethos persists to this day.
His red wines are noticeable for being aged 2-5 years, and sometimes longer, in old foudres in a deep, cool, granite cellar. Over time the brash fruit softens, mellows and develops the tertiary aromas of leather, tobacco and cedar. These wines have a certain similarity to other long-aged wines like traditional Riojas and Lebanon’s Château Musar.
After exhaustive research and study, Bernardo chose to establish his estate at at Lujan de Cuyo, one of the areas best known for top-quality wines in Argentina’s famous Mendoza province. The climate here is ideal for viticulture, with low levels of frost, hail and wind, plenty of sunshine, and a good water supply both from the surrounding rivers and from melting snow high up in the nearby Andes mountains.
There are 40 hectares of vines in total, which lie at over 850 metres above sea level. The mineral-rich soils here – a mixture of alluvial rock and sand – are particularly suited to the French varieties Bernardo chose to plant between 1986 and 1992. These consist of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, gamay, chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay, and of course there is plenty of malbec, the grape most associated with Argentine...