Reserve

Malbec Reserve

100% Malbec

Vineyard: Finca Bautem · Maipú, Barrancas · 750 m a.s.l.
Production: 35,000 bottles a year
Ageing: 8 months in second use French oak barrels

Tasting notes

Great colour intensity, with deep red and black tones. On the nose, black fruit such as fig and plum weave together with chocolate and coffee from the oak. On the palate it has a sweet, elegant entry and good length that shows its personality.

Winemaking

It comes from plot number 8, which has always shown perfect balance for this wine. Picked in late February and the first week of March, yielding around 80 quintals per hectare. The picking date is decided by tasting the berries and checking the analysis. A 48-hour cold soak, a 10-day alcoholic fermentation between 26 and 28 °C, and a post-fermentation maceration of 7 to 10 days. It rests in second and third use barrels for 8 to 10 months, plus 6 months in bottle.

Cabernet Franc Reserve

100% Cabernet Franc

Vineyard: Finca Bautem · Maipú, Barrancas · 750 m a.s.l.
Production: 20,000 bottles a year
Ageing: 8 months in second use French oak barrels

Tasting notes

A delicate appearance with intense reddish tints. On the nose, the pyrazine notes typical of the varietal, recalling red and yellow pepper, with black fruit. On the palate an intense entry, with round, sweet tannins. A wine with presence.

Winemaking

It is one of the varietals we most enjoy making. It comes from plot 3B, whose canopy is not thick and lets just the right amount of light through to the fruit with no leaf removal. Hand picked between the second and third week of March. During fermentation we work with gentle pump-overs and two délestages: one at the start and another at around 3 °Bé. Post-fermentation maceration of 7 to 10 days and a gentle press. It rests in second and third use barrels for 8 to 10 months.

Petit Verdot Reserve

100% Petit Verdot

Vineyard: Finca Bautem · Maipú, Barrancas · 750 m a.s.l.
Production: 10,000 bottles a year
Ageing: 8 months in second use French oak barrels

Tasting notes

It strikes you with its intense colour, with red and black hues. On the nose its typicity of fruit and spice already shows, and it completes on the palate, where the fruit blends with the complexity of black pepper, vanilla and a mineral presence. Typicity is one of its main attributes.

Winemaking

It comes from plot number 5, which we push to one bunch per shoot, two at most: it is a very productive variety and that point is key. It takes the most work in the cellar: a four-day cold soak to extract colour and aroma through gentle pump-overs. In fermentation we do pump-overs and délestages in the first stage and reduce them afterwards, so tannin extraction is not excessive. Second and third use barrels for 10 to 12 months, plus 10 to 12 months in bottle.

Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Vineyard: Finca Bautem · Maipú, Barrancas · 750 m a.s.l.
Production: 8,000 bottles a year
Ageing: 8 months in second use French oak barrels

Tasting notes

Great colour intensity, with deep red and black tones. On the nose, black and white pepper with a subtle aroma of chocolate and tobacco. On the palate it is persistent and fleshy, with round tannins; a long wine where the ageing brings roundness and elegance. Ideal alongside a good Argentine asado.

Winemaking

It comes from plot 15. Our vineyard tends to give us, especially in the Cabernets, a round-grained tannin with sweet notes, something the market looks for because it makes the varietal far more drinkable. Picked in late March or the first days of April. A short 24-hour cold soak and gentle pump-overs that decrease as fermentation advances. Spontaneous malolactic. Second and third use barrels for 10 to 12 months, plus 8 to 10 months in bottle.

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Malbec Reserve

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Cabernet Franc Reserve

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Petit Verdot Reserve

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Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

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