New Age Wines—Discover Art in a Bottle

Valentin Eduardo Bianchi has added a new style to its new world, refreshing wines. Bianchi, also known as Tincho, a term of affection that loosely translated means “young Valentin,” began creating new twists to his New Age White. His new wine cocktail rapidly caught on with the restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the trend Setting Buenos Aires. Tinto became the name of his popular concoction made up of New Age White on the rocks with a slice of lime. Tincho has become an Argentine tradition that is catching on here in the United States.

New Age White Wine NV

Valentin Bianchi’s New Age White Wine NV from Mendoza, Argentina, is light and refreshing and makes for the perfect summer sipper. This refreshing wine is made up of 90 percent Torrontes and 10 percent Sauvignon Blanc, giving a nice balance of ripe peach, apricots and lime zest with light floral notes and bright acidity.  The fruit is handpicked followed by a cool fermentation. Halfway through fermentation, the wine is centrifuged to halt fermentation process, leaving some residual sugar for a slightly sweet wine.

Torrontes is one of the most widely planted white grape varietals planted in Argentina. Characterized by intense fruit and floral aromas it has a soft texture to the mouth with fruit notes of peaches, apricots and lime, Torrontes is Argentina’s signature white variety.  Through DNA testing it is said that this varietal’s historic roots are a cross between Muscat of Alexandria and Criolla Chica, which helps to explain some of the beautiful floral fragrances reminiscent of Muscat.

New Age White Wine is best served well chilled; the bright flavors in this wine make for a great aperitif and also complement spicy Asian or Indian cuisine. This wine is lightly effervescent, enhancing its refreshing qualities, and is commonly used to make one of the most popular cocktails in Argentina called Tincho. The Tincho is created by pouring New Age White over ice and garnishing with a lime wedge.  With its lower alcohol level, 9 percent abv, New Age is the perfect sipper for a hot summer day on the patio or by the pool.

New Age Rosé NV

Valentin Bianchi’s New Age Rose has a beautiful deep salmon color a bouquet of red raspberry, wild strawberry, almond and light floral aromas make for a very refreshing off dry rose.  This is a blend of 50% Malbec, Argentina’s most popular Red grape varietal, and 50% merlot.  Argentina  is the most successful in developing the most balanced robust Malbec wines with deep color that is fruity with enough alcohol, weight and structure that can also benefit with oak aging.

From Mendoza, Argentina, New Age grapes are estate grown and picked by hand.  The grapes are crushed then cold macerated for 12 hours.  The cold maceration process helps to extract the beautiful rich color and fruit out of this wine without extracting the tannins.  Fermentation is halted half way through to leave some residual sugar, creating a slightly sweet wine. This beautiful rosé is perfect for any barbeque. Lightly effervescent and at 11 percent abv, this wine makes for the perfect refreshment for a barbeque or for any hot summer day.