MALBEC 2015

VINTAGE CHARACTERISTICS
This harvest can be characterized by presenting a warm winter, a cool summer, and finally a rainy autumn. The resulting wines have the particularity of containing slightly low alcohol levels and higher acidity than usual, fresh wines with great potential.

VINEYARD LOCATION
Valle de Uco. (Vista Flores), Tunuyán,
Mendoza, Argentina
ELEVATION
1,000 masl
​SOIL
Silt loam of alluvial origin, with gravel in the subsoil and calcareous deposits.
HARVEST
Hand picking into small, 12 kg plastic bins. Double sorting of clusters and berries to achieve the highest quality.
WINEMAKING METHOD
Both varietals together undergo cold maceration at 8 °C. Then, alcoholic fermentation (cofermentation) is carried out according to our standards for microvinification, in 225-liter French oak barrels, with 5% of the fruit added as whole clusters to heighten the freshness of this wine. Barrel rotation and manual pigeage are performed throughout the process.
​AGEING
Aged in French oak barrels from 16 to 22 months (60% first fill and 40% used)
​SERVING TEMPERATURE
Between 14 – 16°C
TASTING NOTES 
Cold soaking at 8 °C for 20 days is followed by alcoholic fermentation, carried out according to our standards for microvinification in 225-liter French oak barrels, with 5% of the fruit added as whole clusters to heighten the freshness of this wine. Barrel rotation and manual pigeage are performed throughout the process.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS
Ing. Fabián Dalesio - Ing. Marcelo Canatella
WINEMAKERS
Marcelo Pelleriti - José Mounier

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