We honour with passion the soil, the altitude, the Andes and the moon.
The fundamentals, the root systems, give life to these wines: character, harmony, charm. This wine represents all the purity, the simplicity and the exquisite expression of its varietal.

Vineyards
Gualtallary, Tupungato, Mendoza At 1.300 mts. (4,300 ft.)

Vinification
• Manual harvest at dawn, in the month of April, at the time of full polyphenolic maturity.
• Manual selection of berries and pre-fermentative cold maceration.
• This wine was aged in used French oak barrels (60% 1st Use & 40% 2nd Use) for a period of 12 months and then kept in bottles for 8 more months.

Tasting Notes
Intense red color with bordeaux tints.
Clear and typical notes of the variety when grown in high altitude mountains are expressed in the aromas: calahorra pepper, chili pepper, mint, eucalyptus, tomato leaves, basil, thyme and jarilla.
In the mouth you can appreciate its great volume and intensity, it has a creamy and intense texture with a persistent finish.
Serve at 16 °C (61 °F). Suitable for ageing.

Winemaker
Manuel Gonzalez Bals

Awards
Descorchados I Vintage 17 I 93 pts.
Descorchados I Vintage 16 I 93 pts.
Decanter World Wine Awards I Vintage 16 I 96 pts. MEDALLA DE ORO
Tim Atkin I Vintage 16 I 96 pts.
James Suckling I Vintage 16 I 95 pts.
Tim Atkin I Vintage 15 I 96 pts.
James Suckling I Vintage 15 I 95 pts.
Tim Atkin I Vintage 14 I 93 pts.