Giminez Mendez - Viña Las Brujas - 2019 - Le Baroudeur du Vin

Viña Las Brujas 2019

GIMINEZ MENDEZ

81,00 €

The king grape variety of Uruguay, Tannat.

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Uruguay

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Vin Red

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14%

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5-10 years

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100% Tannat

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To be enjoyed with grilled meats, spicy meat dishes such as a lamb tagine but also with couscous or with an old Comté cheese.

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Tannat comes from the southwest of France and alone embodies the emblematic grape variety of Uruguay . Here, the tannins are soft, the texture silky and the palate rich with flavors of blackberry , plum , blueberry , tea , chocolate and eucalyptus. It's a full-bodied wine that deserves to be discovered with a good meat dish!

Where are we traveling?

Canelones Uruguay produced a steady flow of wine from the many winemaking families primarily settled in and around the capital, Montevideo. A modern Uruguayan wine industry nevertheless developed and the epicenter subsequently settled in Canelones (in the region adjacent to the capital). Although the history of Uruguayan wine has much in common with that of other regions of South America and the New World, Uruguay is nevertheless very different. It does not have the same abundance of sunshine and dry weather as Chile, Argentina and many other well-known New World wine countries. In Latin America, it is very similar to its neighbor Brazil. However, its climate tends to more closely resemble the Atlantic conditions found in Bordeaux in France. The climate is mild with hot summers and cool winters, but nothing too extreme. The Canelones region never gets snow and a long, hot summer is generally considered a blessing. The Atlantic influence is an important factor in the Canelones (and most of Uruguay's wine regions) because the coastal winds provide some ventilation to the vines, reducing the risk of rot and keeping temperatures a little cooler in general.

The little history of the country

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Viticulture was established by Spanish settlers in the 17th century. It was in the second part of the 19th century that a Basque named Pascual Harraigue introduced the Tannat grape variety, originally from Madiran, which would become the emblematic grape variety of this country. This produces dense wines with powerful tannins but softened by the mild Mediterranean climate of Uruguay. In the 1970s, the Uruguayan wine industry shifted towards producing finer, higher quality wines, although within 20 years the country managed to achieve a reputation worthy of its wines. Considered one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world, Uruguay is also the fourth largest wine producing country in South America. But unlike its neighbors (Chile, Argentina and even Brazil), Uruguay is more in tune with its European parents where small land holdings are most common. Most Uruguayan farms are tiny (around five hectares on average) and family-owned, many dating back several generations. At this size, producers produce small quantities of wine for local consumption or sell grapes to a nearby winery. Across Uruguay, there are nearly 3,500 producers, but fewer than 300 wineries. On these small plots, manual labor, harvesting and low yields are favored. This small agricultural country has never needed chemical fertilizers or insecticides on a large scale. Their thriving meat industry follows the same standards: hormones have been banned since 1968 and today, all Uruguayan beef is organic and grass-fed. Uruguay's best vineyards are on the Atlantic coast, in Canelones and Maldonado (where cooling breezes reduce humidity) or are near its border with Argentina.

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