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Stephen Tanzer rewards Monte Quieto
Stephen Tanzer, the renowned American wine critic, tasted in late 2010 Argentine wines from more than 50 wineries. The results were released earlier this year in the first newsletter of International Wine Cellar. On this occasion, the wine Montequieto Quieto Mendoza 2006, of USD 18 received 89 points. According to Tanzer, the wine is a [...]
Montequieto Wine Club
This familiar winery, located in Agrelo, Lujan de Cuyo, developed its new website (http://www.montequieto.com/site/) and focused mainly on final wine consumers. Among the striking and unusual is the Wine Club (http://www.montequieto.com/catalog/index.php) where anyone can become a member and buy wine cases at much cheaper prices, including the shopping cart option with house delivery. According to [...]
Wines
Quieto Reserva Blend 2006
Grape variety:
Cabernet Franc 45% - Malbec 40% - Cabernet Sauvignon 15%
Sight: Deep and intense red ruby with purplish tones.
Nose: Red fruits like the cherry and morello accompany notes of pepper and vanilla. Harmonious end that reveals tobacco and roasted coffee adding elegance to this wine.
Mouth: Of sweet entry and good body, with presence of ripe tannins. Again fruit-bearing and balanced, step along oaks barrels offers intensity and longevity in the end of mouth.
Quieto Blend 2006
Grape variety:
Cabernet Franc 45% - Malbec 40% - Cabernet Sauvignon 15%
Sight: Deep red ruby with very good intensity and shine.
Nose: Vista Flores´ Vineyard (Valle de Uco) adds it own personality that is made notice from the first moment. To the red fruits, spices, pepper add cinnamon, clove, and a soft aroma to coffee.
Mouth: Intense notes of red fruits and delicate tannins. Of soft and agreeable entry, it leaves a lingering flavor in mouth.
Quieto 3 Malbec 2009
Grape variety:
Malbec 100%
Sight: Deep purplish red color. It's vivacious, with very good limpidity and shine.
Nose: Red fruits stand out, both plum and cherry. It presents a subtle aroma of vanilla and coffee. With very good balance between oak and wine.
Mouth: Sweet entry and good body, fruity, soft tannins and agreeable end. The characteristics of terroirs from three regions that inspire its name are distinguished: Agrelo, Vista Flores and Ugarteche. This election generates a young wine, easy to drink that entertains for its perfectly amalgamated differences.
About us
In Agrelo, they found a place to start their family and plant their vineyards. The same vineyards that today bring Monte Quieto to life. This is the way the owners of this family business chose: to live in their vineyards, near to their wines, in each step of the process. They have the respect and passion for expressing the terroir in each bottle. In that way, they want to transmit the essence of those lands, weather and sun into the grapes, and through them, into their best wines.
The winery is located in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, where the land produces the highest quality grapes, giving birth to great wines, the main aim of this family.
