- Malbec
- Sourced from Gualtallary, 1,400 meters above sea level
- Limestone-covered pebbles and gravel
- The fruit is hand-harvested and goes through a double selection process
- Transferred by gravity into small concrete tanks, ferments with indigenous yeasts and lasts for 15 days at 26ºC
- Manual pigeage during fermentation
- Total maceration lasted 25 days
- 1/3 of the wine is aged in 3,500L untoasted foudre and 2/3 in concrete vats for 15 months
- Aged for 10 months in bottle
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
Argentina
Region:
Mendoza
Appellation:
Valle de Uco
Variety:
Malbec
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | AR-ALH-22-21 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Descorchados
Score
96
Date
2023-12-20
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2024-02-08
"Blackberries, blueberries, terra cotta, brick and white pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied with very tight and polished tannins that spread beautifully across the palate. Savory. Lightly chewy at the end. Drink now or hold."
Decanter
Score
91
Date
2024-05-15
"Remarkably juicy and alluring. Subtle and sophisticated, boasting ripe dark fruits, spices, and dark chocolate. Pure, precise, with excellent concentration, fine tannins, and refreshing energy."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2019
Wine Advocate
Score
97
Date
2022-11-30
"The 2019 Malbec Appellation Gualtallary comes from specific soils, two small three-hectare plots in the Cerros del Jaboncillo, where they find more caliche and limestone in Tupungato Winelands. They believe this place transmits the maximum expression of limestone to Malbec, giving a structured wine with fine-grained tannins with the wilderness from Gualtallary. It fermented in small concrete vats with indigenous yeasts at some 26 degrees Celsius for 20 days. Eighty-five percent of the volume matured in untoasted 3,500-liter French oak foudres for 20 months while the rest was kept in concrete. They sell it a little later than the Altamira because they feel Gualtallary needs a little more time in bottle; therefore, they are now offering the 2019 vintage, a very balanced wine that talks about the place where it was born. This is vibrant and expressive, with a complex nose and especially a lively palate with effervescent acidity and very fine-boned with elegant but firm tannins (they say Serralunga-like tannins). I find the recurring iron-like note of blood and fresh meat here too, intermixed with the wild flowers, herbs and spices. This has depth and complexity, and if Altamira is Barbaresco, Gualtallary is Barolo... 10,000 bottles were filled in January 2022."
2019
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2022-03-06
2019
Wine Enthusiast
Score
94
Date
2023-05-03
"The Appellation series shows the terroir's characteristics of subregions in Uco Valley. This one comes from limestone soils in Gualtallary. Violets, blackberry and cherry meet with hints of salt and oak spices on the nose. Well structured, the delicate palate features excellent acidity and chalky texture. Plum, blackberry and cherries merge with aniseed and tobacco. It's delicious now, but is ageworthy. Drink now through 2029. JESICA VARGAS"
2019
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2022-11-03
"The 2019 Malbec Appellation from Gualtallary, Uco Valley was 75% aged in foudres for a year. Dark purple in hue. The substantial aromas feature chicken stock, herbs and hints of blackberry and ripe fruit. Medium bodied in the mouth with refined, reactive, slightly young tannins, the firm structure lends greater depth."
2018
Wine Advocate
Score
97
Date
2017
Wine Advocate
Score
96+
Date
2019-10-31