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Santiago Achával & Roberto Cipresso
Santiago Achával & Roberto Cipresso
This red wine comes from the Chacayes district in Uco Valley, Mendoza. It is a young area located at 3600 feet above sea level. Soils with alluvial sandy loam and gravel. It is a blend of Malbec co-fermented with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. This wine is structured and fresh at the same time.
Place of origin: Chacayes, in upper Uco Valley, Mendoza.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
This wine is the result of experimentation with older, original, non-alluvial geological areas. In Canota Valley, between 3400 and 4000 feet above sea level, the vineyard is irrigated with spring water. It is 100% Malbec, with fruity and exotic notes that stand out, making it di erent from most wines found in traditional grape producing areas from Mendoza.
Place of origin: Canota Valley, in the Pre-Cordillera foothills, Las Heras, Mendoza.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
The origin of this wine is the Rupestre Vineyard, in a mountain range formation contemporary to the Pre-Cordillera, located in Salta, in the North West of Argentina. Planted at 7800 feet of altitude, and tended with loving care by the Domingo brothers, it is located halfway between Cafayate and Molinos. The soil formation is older than the soils in the Andes: built up by volcanic basalt, granite and sand, with fantastic drainage. The result is a distinctive Malbec, fresh and full of fruit, with a wild feeling to it and mineral notes that make it a clearly typical wine from Salta.
Place of origin: Valles Calchaquies – Salta, North of Cafayate, halfway between the town of San Carlos and the town of Molinos, in an área know as “Quebrada de las Flechas”.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
The vineyard that gives origin to this Malbec was planted in 1938 and was cultivated by horses until 2002. It grows at 3200 feet of altitude, in alluvial soils: sandy loam with clay layers and deep gravel beds, formed by the millenary activity of Mendoza River. The combination this soil and old vines results in this classic wine from Mendoza, with flavors of attractive austerity, strong minerality, good balance and a long finish.
Place of origin: Perdriel, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
This vineyard is located in Yacochuya, on the western slopes of Cafayate Valley, at 7200 feet of altitude. It shares the Pre-Cordillera foothill soil structures with Rupestre. It is planted on a terrace built centuries ago by Aboriginal inhabitants and is irrigated by snowmelt. This Malbec's character is given by minerality and structure. Fruit isn't the center but an accessory, overshadowed by conviction of terroir, which builds the personality that makes it so attractive.
Place of origin: Yacochuya, Cafayate Valley, Salta.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
Planted on the Pre-Cordillera slopes, due west of downtown Mendoza at an elevation of 5200 feet, Piedras Viejas is one of the most extreme vineyards in the world. This Piedras Viejas Terrazas wine is a bottling of two vineyard blocs whose soil is mostly Lutite, a black sedimentary rock, with intrusions of limestone. The Terrazas blocks started production 7 years after planting. Piedras Viejas is a new frontier in viticulture, that results in unique flavors and aromas.
Place of origin: Pre-Cordillera hillsides in El Challao, Las Heras, Mendoza.
Current vintages: 2017 and 2018.
Planted on the Pre-Cordillera slopes, due west of downtown Mendoza at an elevation of 5200 feet, Piedras Viejas is one of the most extreme vineyards in the world. This Piedras Viejas Laderas wine is a bottling of the north and south facing slopes of a small hill of almost pure limestone with a small granite intrusion. These plants only started production ten years after planting. Piedras Viejas is a new frontier in viticulture, that results in unique flavors and aromas. The first vintage was 2018.
Place of origin: Pre-Cordillera hillsides in El Challao, Las Heras, Mendoza.
Current vintages: 2018.
This is a blend of Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier, cofermented. We gave the juice five days of contact with the skins prior to fermentation.
Place of origin: Chacayes, zona alta de Valle de Uco
Current vintages: 2019 and 2020.
Calle Cobos 2142, Perdriel, Luján de Cuyo,
Mendoza.
GPS 33° 03´ 29.97” S 68° 54´21.42” W.
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