Terrazas de los Andes Petit Manseng Single Vineyard
Light marmalade
Honeysuckle, peach pie & lemon curd
Luscious yet fresh
Petit Manseng
More about the wine
Plenty of sweet wines get made in Argentina but few are worth writing about. This, however, is the exception, and has been my favourite sticky in Argentina for many years. Made with partially botrytised grapes, this wine has intense aromas of honeysuckle, peach compote and lemon curd. Terrazas were the first to plant Petit Manseng in Argentina, in 1999.
More about the winery
One of the fine wine pioneers of Mendoza and a pioneer in Gualtallary in the Uco Valley, Terrazas de los Andes winery was originally founded as the fine wine sister of Chandon in 1992. Although the winery is in Luján de Cuyo, most of its vineyards are in the Uco Valley and Terrazas de los Andes was a pioneer of the now renowned region of Gualtallary – first planting there in 1993.
Today the wines include a wide range of old vines from Las Compuertas and new vines in Gualtallary, Paraje Altamira, El Peral and Los Chacayes, and under the hand of winemaker Marcos Fernandez there is an increasing drive towards fresh, terroir-focused expressions in the top Parcel range.
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