Blends Shiraz 2009: hard to understand or difficult to sell?
Source: Claudia Eraso Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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Currently in the city's restaurants can find extensive charts that list many beginning with the Malbec wines and followed by other strains, but when we approach the selection of blends
are few options which can be found and these are rarely suggested by some intrepid wine sommelier. As a restaurant sommelier, having made numerous letters of Hotels and Restaurants, I have always found great task convince consumers fearful that in a good blend there is virtually no margin for error and yet the negative is almost immediate.
Customers usually think
The blend is for understood that these wines are extremely refined.
A blend is in any case, a wine much easier to drink , maybe not so easy to understand how a 100% Malbec from a given region, but ultimately, the wine
has been created to enjoy and
taste, not to decrypt or decipher hidden messages in a bottle. A blend is ultimately a much more convincing if you like taking chances with something different, this is time our task as communicators of wine, trying to bring together and demystify in the group of customers.
But then, what is a blend? The blend or wine Cutting a winery is a blend of grapes that are well understood, in different proportions but complementary, which enhance each other. The blend is for a winemaker which for a chef a dish made with the finest ingredients using all his inspiration is a painting, song, is a creation. Generally
for this creation goes the best grapes from the harvest or simply the most liked the winemaker. Often these cuts are being created in the head as the grape ripens, projecting the final outcome to the day of harvest, sometimes
are created in laboratories testing different percentages of grapes to reach the result successful group of agronomists, including winemakers and marketing managers.
this year came on the market interesting cuts, to the surprise of many, not only was the star Malbec market, had a strong presence on the much-discussed Syrah and Merlot, although many say that is almost extinct in this round is more present than ever.
Not to mention the King Cabernet Sauvignon, this affirms once again that Argentina is a country of diversity in terms of grape varieties and wine styles. is very difficult to sum up what were the best blend of the year with an offer so varied. After a short survey agency sommeliers, conclusions were:
• Among whites
undoubtedly the highlight of the year was
Gran Lurton Corte Friulano 2009
(70% Friulano, 20% Pinot Gris and Viognier, 8% and 2% Torrontes Chardonnay), wine white, very well made and offered something different to the market. • Other recommended is Amauta II 2006
(60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot). • The blend of Walter Bressia
Urraca First Harvest 2005 (70% Malbec and 30% Merlot), another favorite. • Prestige CarinaE 2007
contains a blend of 79% Malbec, 14% Syrah and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon created by Roland Michell, and a similar cut using the same grapes the Barlet II Atilio Avena (63% Malbec, 9% Syrah and 28% Cabernet Sauvignon). • The Cuvelier de los Andes Grand Vin 2008
cut of 70% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and Petit Verdot 10% year after year gaining adherents. • A great recommended is
Monteviejo 2007, an excellent cut of 70% Malbec and 30% Syrah from the hands of renowned winemaker Marcelo Pelleriti. • Remarkable the new cut of Alma Negra IV
, all blends are a mystery, in this may discover that his court is Bonarda, another great grapes is displayed as standard. can not fail to mention the great wines logo that has always stood out from all Argentine wines, Trapiche Medal 2006, 2005
Enzo Bianchi, Felipe Rutini 2004, each year we return to surprising, but this time one of the favorites was the O. Fournier 2006 shone this year with a powerful cut 50% Syrah and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon. By Claudia Eraso Member of the Asociación Argentina de Sommeliers
www.aasommeliers.com.ar
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