Casarena Owen’s Vineyard Chardonnay from Agrelo is produced by Casarena winery in Luján de Cuyo.
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This is a limited edition wine by Catena Zapata and is part of a series of three wines (they also released a Chardonnay and a Bonarda). Each is a ‘natural wine’ with no added sulphites and fermentation takes place in clay pots, where it is aged for a further 9 months. The winemaker is Alejandro Vigil.
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Born in Mendoza, Marcelo Pelleriti has been making wine since he was a young child – when he would make vino patero (foot-trodden wine) with his grandfather in the family farm.
With over 30 vintages of experience between Argentina and France, Pelleriti became the first Latin American winemaker to obtain 100 Robert Parker points.
Marcelo Pelleriti Wines are all produced in the Uco Valley from different vineyards of alluvional origin at the foothills of the Andes and include a selection of red and white wines made in the Uco Valley.
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Home to some of the highest elevation vineyards in all of Mendoza, Uco Valley is known for producing elegant wines with great aging potential. The different altitudes within the Uco Valley region and the resulting microclimates have proven to be an excellent home for both red and white grape varieties. Uco Valley produces are very rich and flavorful wines Malbec, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Franc, as well as Chardonnay and Sémillon.
Nowadays, a growing number of young generations of winemakers are choosing to produce their wines with minimal intervention and ferment and age using alternative methods, such as cement or concrete vats, in order to better express the grape varietal’s characteristics and the terroir, which allows you to get a true sense of Uco Valley’s mountain wines. Within this region, wine labels will often include the name of the sub-region, as the different terroirs will impart wines distinguishable characteristics.
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Altos Las Hormigas winery was the world’s first ‘Malbec specialist’ making old vine Malbec their mission since 1995. Italian and Chilean wine friends and business partners (including renowned Italian winemakers Alberto Antonini and Attilio Pagli) came together to make purely Malbec, but in the last couple of years Cabernet Franc has crept in too.
The Altos Las Hormigas winery and main vineyard is in Luján de Cuyo however production has since spread into the Uco Valley as they continue to look for unique terroir expressions of Malbec.
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The Altos Las Hormigas Tinto is produced from grapes sourced mainly from vineyards in Lujan de Cuyo.
Lujan de Cuyo lies on the edge of the Andes Mountains. Similar to other sub-regions in Mendoza, the Andes acts as a rain shadow, meaning that it acts as a barrier blocking the passage of rain clouds and therefore, the climate is dry and very sunny. Many winemakers have chosen to grow their vines at higher altitudes not only to moderate the intensity of heat grapes receive during the day but also to impart unique flavors and characteristics to the wine.
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