TASTE
Complex aromas of ripe red fruit beautifully balanced with spicy notes. The palate is velvety and round with a long and harmonious finish.
FOOD PAIRING
Beef Lamb · Game (deer, venison) · Spicy food · Mature and hard cheese · Poultry
PRODUCER
In 1885, the Buenos Aires to Mendoza railway opened, cementing the significance of this emerging wine-growing region high in the Andean foothills. Ten years later, Edmund Norton planted the first vines in Mendoza’s Luján de Cuyo district. At 900-1100 metres, the altitude moderates the temperature, causing an extended ripening season, and also expose the vines to more ultraviolet light, which encourages the development of colour and tannin in the black-skinned varieties. The result is whites packed with vibrant flavour and good natural acidity, and well-structured, food-friendly reds.
VINEYARD
Grapes for this wine come from a single vineyard situated at 950m above sea level, with vines aged between fifty and eighty years. Yields were kept very low, at four tonnes per hectare.
WINERY
Cold maceration for five days at 8-10°C was followed by a seven-day fermentation with native yeasts at a temperature of 28°C. The malolactic fermentation was 100% natural and the wine was aged for sixteen months in new French oak.
AWARDS & PRESS
International Malbec Trophy, International Wine Challenge 2013 Argentina Red Trophy, International Wine Challenge 2013 Mendoza Trophy, International Wine Challenge 2013