Amalaya Torrontes Riesling

Winery: Amalaya

Origin: Cafayate Salta

Composition: 85% Torrontés – 15% Riesling

Alcohol content: 13 %

Acidity: 7,0 g/l

Vineyard information: Calchaquí Valley, 1800 mts, rocky and sandy soil.

Colour: Shiny gold very limpid color

Aroma:. Citrus notes of grapefruit and lemon skins dominate the nose

Mouth: In mouth, delicate and silky yet fresh and crisp with good acidity and a distinctive mineral note.

Pairing: Special wine to begin cooking, as an aperitif, Chinese cuisine dishes, soft cheeses, dried pasta with vegetables, Mexican cuisine, white meat.

Description

Bodega Amalaya

Bodega Amalaya is part of Hess Family Estates, a Swiss company that owns wineries in the United States and Argentina. Hess Family Estates has specialised in making and marketing top quality wines in constant association with art, food and tourism.

Amalaya means «Hope for a Miracle» in native language. the miracle is revealed from the heart of the Cafayate desert in a mystical and magic way, in order to provide us vines with excellent quality. The holistic circle embodies the fertility of the «pachamama» or «mother earth».

Ever since 2010, Amalaya has joined the many projects of Donald Hess in Argentina, and together with Bodega Colomé, has proved the strong commitment and stake of the company in the region of the high Calchaqui Valleys, in the Northwest of Salta province.

Salta wines are an icon in the region because of its aromatic intensity, deep colours, rich fruity expression and strong body.

Its development concept looks to perpetrate Salta terroir with its particular organoleptic characteristics, refined by new technologies and trends.