LOCATION : Valle de Uco, Vista Flores, Tunuyán
VINEYARDS:
Total area : 65 hectares
Area in production : 55 hectares
Altitude : 1000 meters above sea level
Plantation density : 5.500 plants per hectare
Yield : 5.000 a 6.000 kgs. per hectare
Harvest : Manual in 12 kgs boxes.
VARIETAL COMPOSITION : 58% Malbec ; 18% Cabernet Sauvignon ; 12% Petit Verdot; 8% Syrah; 4% Merlot
Vintage : 2011
Alcohol : 15%
Acidity : 5.8 g/l
Residual Sugar : 1.7 g/l
Ph : 3.85
Dry Extract : 32.5 g/l
PRODUCTION :
42.000 bottles
Fermentation :
Maceration:
7 to 10 days at 28ºC in stainless steel tanks. Once the vats are full, the grapes undergo a maceration
before the alcoholic fermentation takes place. This process takes 30 to 40 days.
Malolactic Fermentation: 100%
Aging : 60% in French oak barrels during 12 months.
TASTING NOTES :
“For a cool vintage with plenty of challenges, the wine reached 15% alcohol, so don’t expect any green aromas or diluted flavors here. The nose is a powerful combination of dark plums, espresso coffee, Belgian chocolate and shy hints of red cherries with a full-bodied palate and abundant, fine-grained tannins, moderate acidity and good length, no doubt lifted by the alcohol. This is a big, ripe blend, slightly international, in need of some bottle aging. 42,000 bottles were produced in 2011. Drink 2015-2021.” (91 pts, Wine Spectator, 04/2014). LuisGutierrez.