Crios Torrontes

Country: Argentina Region: Mendoza

Varietal: Torrontes 

Category: White Wine Style: Dry

Producer: Susana Balbo

Description:
Susana Balbo is Argentina’s first and best-known female winemaker, establishing her own winery in 1999 on principles of quality, innovation and sustainability. She’s been called the ‘Queen of Torrontés’ for her work creating world-class versions of the grape in the 1980s and pioneering the country’s white-wine scene. She was awarded the International Wine Challenge Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

The Uco Valley in Mendoza has hosted vineyards for at least a century, but it’s only in recent years that it’s seen a stratospheric rise in reputation. It turns out great whites – Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, as well as Torrontés. All of Susan Balbo’s wineries are high-altitude, in vineyards set more than 1,000 metres above sea level. Torrontés is Argentina's great white grape — aromatic, unique, and utterly captivating when grown at altitude in the Salta region. Susana Balbo built her Crios label to showcase this variety's extraordinary perfume, and it delivers. 

Tasting Notes:
It’s crisp, fruity and aromatic, and bursting with citrus, passion fruit, lychee and white flower character. There’s lively acidity but also a creamy depth and a long finish too. In short, white-wine heaven.

Food Pairings: Perfect with spicy Asian dishes, Thai green curry, Indian vegetarian food, or simply as a show-stopping aperitif on a warm evening.