Chakana Varietal range is a set of wines that offers a variety of intense flavors. They are specially designed to be consumed within 2 to 3 years from when they are produced. High quality fruity and modern wines are produced with a cold maceration before fermentation with selected yeasts and a 3 month ageing in oak for 10% of the volume. Chakana estate, Agrelo, Mendoza, Argentina. Learn More

Each year Trapiche selects their top three growers of the vintage out of 100 innitial selections and honors them with a special bottling. These wines have proven over the past few years to be among the finest values in high-class Malbec.

Yields are a low 2,600 kg per hectare, furrow irrigation is used and the vines have been planted on their own rootstocks. Vineyard soils are alluvial and sandy, with many pebbles. Grapes are hand harvested into 20 kg. plastic cases, and bunches are selected before de-stemming. There’s a strict berry selection before fermentation and maceration in small concrete vats, for a minimum of 23 days, at 23-25ºC. Natural malolactic fermentation precedes aging for 18 months in new French oak barrels.

 

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Each year Trapiche selects their top three growers of the vintage out of 100 innitial selections and honors them with a special bottling. These wines have proven over the past few years to be among the finest values in high-class Malbec.

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Each year Trapiche selects their top three growers of the vintage out of 100 innitial selections and honors them with a special bottling. These wines have proven over the past few years to be among the finest values in high-class Malbec.

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Bodega Tempus Alba owners Dorothy and Aldo Biondolillo have a very clear
view on life, grapes and wine: 'We are what we do.'

That same principle is shared by Leo and Mariano – bodega managers and the

4th generation to oversee the making of its fantastic wine. This pride and thinking
underpins everything Tempus Alba does and its 'total belief in good wine.' It
shows.

Their wines are complex, deep and evocative, each demonstrating the
unswerving dedication and vision the Biondolillo family brings to its vines and
commitment to its family heritage.
100% Tempranillo grapes, picked in early March, from 50-year-old vines.
The wine was aged for 6 months in a mix of 70% French and 30% American
oak barrels. 12 months rest in the bottle allows this wine to develop to its full
potential. This wine is big, yet subtle – the mark of exquisite winemaking,
resulting in the finest of Tempranillos

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The eponymous Vina Alicia was set up by Alicia Arizu and her son Rodrigo as
a premium chateau in 1998, turning out beautifully crafted Malbec, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot varietals, as well as unique and
spectacular Argentine interpretations of Nebbiolo, Grenache Noir and Carignan.

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Bodega Andana is a relatively recent creation by Carlos Pulenta, whose family also owns the award winning Pulenta Estate. This Torrontes is like a Pinot Grigio, but with more substance. A white wine lover’s dream!
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