La Pausa Organic Fairtrade Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Famatina Valley
Altitude: 900-1,400 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 12.5% ABV
Tasting Note: La Pausa Organic Malbec offers a deliciously ripe, fruit-driven nose with violet aromatics; a freshness on the palate complements the full, smooth, and rich fruit character of the wine, a note of spice adding complexity to the long finish.
Vinification: 40% aged 3 months in oak, 70% French & 30% American.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Ideal with a juicy rump steak as well as with all other types of grilled red meats and tomato-based pasta dishes.
Piedra Negra Arroyo Grande Organic Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: IG Los Chacayes, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Altitude: 1,100 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 13.5% ABV
Tasting Note: Fresh and aromatic nose with notes of violet, wild berries. Concentrated yet very soft palate with blueberry & blackberry aromas. A delicate structure with velvety tannins and a long and harmonious finish.
Vinification: After a cold maceration of 5 days at 10oC, fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts taking about 7 days. The wine is aged in concrete tanks for a few weeks before bottling to preserve freshness and purity of this expression.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Grilled red meats, cold meat platters, empanadas, kebabs, Middle Eastern dishes.
Altocedro Año Cero Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: La Consulta, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Altitude: 1,100m M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 14% ABV
Tasting Note: Ripe, juicy character with concentrated dark fruit and a clean savoury edge.
Vinification: Entire berry fermentation takes place in small concrete vats, over 7 days at 25°C, four pump overs a day. Undergoes malolactic fermentation and 30% is aged for 8-10 months in French oak.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Roast beef or venison, barbequed lamb or pork, steak, game, cheddar cheese.
Single Vineyard Agrelo Naoki Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Altitude: 950 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 14% ABV
Tasting Note: Bright carmine red colour with topaz hues; wonderful varietal expression on the nose with rich red and black fruits with a mineral and herbal component typical of the Naoki vineyard; impeccably smooth on the palate with svelte tannins and a noticeable freshness with a fine spine of acidity here cutting through the rich core of powerful fruit. Expressive and complex.
Vinification: Hand harvest, clusters were taken to the winery for further manual sorting of only the best quality grapes. Pre-fermentation cold maceration followed by fermentation in concrete vats. Gentle manual extraction to preserve the most delicate aromas and flavours of the Malbec grapes. Ageing in new and second use French oak barrels for 12 months.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Chateaubriand, Tomahawk steak, rib of beef, butternut squash steaks au poivre.
Inca Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Calchaqui Valley, Salta
Altitude: 1,800 m.a.s.l
Alcohol: 13.5% ABV
Tasting Note: Deep red with bright ruby hues. Ripe black fruits, blackberries and prunes on the nose, with notes of sweet tomato, lavender, caramel and cocoa. Spicy on the palate, with good structure and acidity leading to a velvety finish.
Vinification: The grapes are harvested early in the morning to arrive fresh for slow fermentation with native yeasts. Once pressed, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels. After 6 months of lees contact, the wine is racked and soft fining is carried out prior to bottling.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Ideal with roasted beef joints. Great with roasted Mediterranean vegetables such as aubergine and bell pepper.
Hermandad Fausto Malbec
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Vista Flores, Tunuyán, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Altitude: 1,150 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 14.5% ABV
Tasting Note: A full bodied, rich malbec offering deliciously ripe black fruit flavours such as blackberries, blueberries and black cherry veiled in violet aromas with black pepper and hints of rosemary; full-bodied and seductive with great texture and velvety tannins on the palate, and a long finish
Vinification: Grapes sourced from old vines in Vista Flores. Cold maceration for 72 hours in stainless steel, followed by fermentation for a maximum of 24 days not exceeding a temperature of 28°C. Full malolactic fermentation. Aging takes placed in 70% new French & American oak barrels for 12-14 months
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Grilled meats, steak, fine cuts of exotic game. Rich, baked-cheese-based dishes
Land of Malbec Rosé
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Mendoza
Altitude: 680 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 12.5% ABV
Tasting Note: Attractively pale pink with reddish hues, elegant on the palate with aromas and flavours of strawberries and preserve; fresh with a good structure and a long finish.
Vinification: Manual harvest & destemming before Saignée method and fermentation with selected yeasts at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Pair with fresh salads, fish, seafood and soft cheeses.
Land of Malbec White
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Mendoza
Altitude: 650-750 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 12% ABV
Tasting Note: Floral with notes of citrus and herbs on the nose. Rounded and smooth on the palate with refreshing balancing acidity.
Vinification: Manual harvest & destemming before fermentation with selected yeasts at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Food Match: Pair with fresh salads, white meats and seafood.
Chacabuco Malbec Rosado
Blend: 100% Malbec
Location: Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Altitude: 1,100 M.A.S.L.
Alcohol: 13.5% ABV
Tasting Note: A bright nose of strawberries and cherries. The palate is creamy but light and refreshing with plenty of red fruit and just a delicate hint of sweetness.
Vinification: This wine is unoaked.
Vegetarian: Yes
Vegan: No
Food Match: Given the fresh and fruit driven nature of this wine it works wonderfully on its own or with light summery salads.