Skip links:

Bouza Tannat Las Violetas Canelones

Bouza Tannat Las Violetas Canelones 2009

Uruguay

Availability: In stock.

£13.20
Add Items to Basket Add to Basket Add to Wishlist

Product details

  • Winemaker

    Eduardo Boido

  • Variety

    Tannat
  • Tannat is a red wine grape, historically grown in South West France in the Madiran AOC and is now one of the most prominent grapes in Uruguay, where it is considered the "national grape". It is also grown in Argentina, Australia and in Italy's Puglia region where it is used as a blending grape. Tannat wines produced in Uruguay are usually quite different in character from Madiran wines, being lighter in body and lower in tannins - but this wine bucks the trend, with a meaty, spicy, green pepper character. One to savour!

  • Alcohol

    14.5

  • When to drink

    Drink now or keep for 2-3 years

  • Bottle

    75

  • Style

    Richly Textured & Full Bodied Red

Press ReviewPress

Introduced to Uruguay by Basque immigrants in the 19th century, Tannat is yet another French variety (in this case from Madiran in south-west France) enjoying a renaissance in South America. With buckets of black brambly fruit, liquorice and cocoa, it is tannic yet fresh, and ideal for bold meat dishes. And, according to Dr Roger Corder's Wine Diet, Uruguayan Tannat is one of the best of all wines for one's health.

Jonathan RaySaturday Telegraph 2nd October 2009

Quite a name to live up to, and it succeeds in a blaze of savoury fruit; cherries, plums and black olives

Bob TyrerThe Sunday Times 'Top 25 Summer Wines' 2010

Silver Medal

International Wine Challenge Awards 2008

Winemaking

Manual selection of the grapes, berry by berry. Controlled fermentation at 26oC. Maceration on skins pumping over twice a day. Ten months in French and American oak barrels.

  • Vintage

    2009

  • Producer

    Bodega Bouza

  • Closure

    Cork

  • Case Size

    12

  • SKU

    73886109

You are here:

  • Home
  • Bouza Tannat Las Violetas Canelones
Search Site