100% MALBEC 

VINEYARD LOCATION
Valle de Uco. (Vista Flores), Tunuyán,
Mendoza, Argentina
ELEVATION
1,100 masl
PRUNING
Gouyot
​SOIL
Sandy loam of alluvial origin, with gravel in the subsoil, calcareous deposits, and a high percentage of stone (70% - 80%).
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARCELS SELECTED FOR LA VIOLETA
Our thorough knowledge of our finca has enabled us to select the parcels that best express the elegance, concentration and typicity of Malbec, namely parcels 5 and 9, to produce a Violeta.
HARVEST
Marcelo Pelleriti walks the vineyard, tastes the grapes, and decides when to harvest. Grapes are picked manually into small, 12 kg plastic bins.
WINEMAKING METHOD 
After being manually picked from the clusters, the berries are placed in French oak barrels for cold soaking at 8 °C for 20 days. Then, fermentation follows, with barrel rotation and manual pigeage performed on a daily basis throughout the process.
​AGEING
24 – 36 months in new French oak barrels, followed by 5 years in bottles.
​SERVING TEMPERATURE
Between 14 – 16°C
AGEING POTENTIAL
Over 20 years
OWNER
Henri Parent.
WINEMAKERS
Marcelo Pelleriti

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