Flavors & Aromas:
A reddish, bright; With aromas of cherry, strawberry and currants in the mouth it is fruity, fresh with a medium body with elegant tannins, soft and delicate, expressing the tip of our malbec.
Winery: Vicentin Family Wines
Appellation: Mendoza
Grape Varietals: Malbec
Viticulture: Sustainable
Winemaking
Ruta 40 is to Mendoza what Highway 29 is to Napa Valley, it’s a major thoroughfare that leads to some of Argentina’s most celebrated wineries. Taking Ruta 40 south from the city of Mendoza takes you right through Lujan de Cuyo, one of Argentina’s most renowned wine regions. In 1993, the region reached a milestone in the country’s wine industry by implementing the first appellation regulations for Malbec.
Lujan de Cuyo is itself a sub-district of Mendoza province and, along with Maipu, it’s one of the province’s two Primera Zonas (First Zones). These First Zones would be the high-quality sub-regional equivalents to California’s Napa or Sonoma. However, neither Napa or Sonoma has vineyard elevations to compare with these zones. To wit: the vineyards of Napa Valley’s Mount Veeder top out at 2,600ft/792m; Lujan de Cuyo’s lowest vines start at that elevation, and its loftiest vines are planted on the Andean foothills at 3,630ft/2,640m.
Vinification in inox tank, maturation for few months in french oak barrel.