Nose
Scent of mint leaves with irresistible violets perfume so typical of this area.
Palate
The marginal climate of its latitude brings a racy nerve and energizing freshness, further accentuated by a cooler vintage. A wine of contrasts. Bright and juicy blueberry charm meets a wild structure with gravelly, chalky power. Ripe fig, wild herbs, mint leaves and meet the irresistible violets perfume so typical of this area. Gritty, mineral, stony and so linear yet so texturally rich and with a strong mineral graphite backbone. A gorgeous combination of elegance, freshness, power and perfume. An intellectual charmer.
Growing Conditions
The vineyard has heterogeneous features. This parcel #15 consists of sandy soil, made up of 89% sand, 6% silt and 5% clay. A layer of fragmented calcium carbonate can be found at different depths. The soils have very low water retention capacity.
- Varietal: Malbec massal selection - own rooted.
- Year of plantation: 2010
- Training system: VSP (Vertical Shoot Positioning)
- Row orientation: Nortwest - Southeast.
- Pruning: Cane pruning.
- Plantation density: 2.00 x 1.00 (5,000 plants/ Ha)
- Irrigation: Drip irrigation.
Winemaking
- Destemming.
- Fermentation with native yeasts in 100 hl vat and in concrete eggs.
- Punching down 3 times a day during fermentation for 3 weeks.
- Pneumatic pressing.
- Racking into 300L new French oak barrels, natural malolactic fermentation and ageing for 18 months.
- Bottled unfiltered.
Aging
18 months in new French oak barrels.
