Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2021

Description

This cuvée is named after a small parcel in the Adrianna vineyard that is completely covered with white oval stones and was the site of an ancient river bed. The abundant stones provide optimal drainage and extreme temperatures. These stones absorb heat, moderate the nights, and function as ice cubes after a very cold night. Stony soil Malbecs tend to be extremely aromatic, rich and luxurious, just like Adrianna's River Stones Malbec. This wine can be enjoyed young or aged for decades.

Details

Perfume

On the nose, aromas of crushed berries, accompanied by notes of liquorice and black tea.

Taste

On the palate, the wine has extremely fine tannins and a long finish.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Catena Zapata

From this winery

By the 1960s, however, Familia Catena was struggling. The Argentine economy was in shambles and inflation rates were soaring. One year, Domingo realized that it would cost him more to harvest than to leave the fruit on the vines. He asked his twenty-two year old son Nicolás, a recent PhD graduate in economics, what to do about such a dilemma. Nicolás advised him not to harvest. Domingo could not follow his son’s advice with a clear conscience and picked anyway. Nicolás still remembers the sadness he felt for his father that year.

Nicolás Catena would never use the word about himself - a less boastful spirit, it’s hard to imagine - but he has been the quiet revolutionary in the Catena family history book. He has charted the family’s path to the new frontier of winemaking, drawing on lessons learned from the land and in the classroom, then applying his education to dare to challenge the conventional wisdom.

Taking the reigns of the family vineyards and wineries in the mid 1960s, he concentrated on expanding distribution throughout Argentina during years of turmoil in the 1970s. But in the early 1980s, Nicolás left Argentina to become a visiting professor of economics at the University of California, on the world-renowned campus at Berkeley. The political and economic situation in Argentina was difficult, with a military government that had just declared war on the United Kingdom and inflation rates of more than 1000 per cent per year.

Nicolás set out to develop his own selection of Argentine Malbec clones planting 145 clones in the La Pirámide vineyard. Of these, he selected the best five and began to plant them in different terroirs and altitudes.
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Pairings

Meat

Cheese

Matured cheese

Pork

Technical Sheet

Name	Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec 2021
Type	Red still
Denomination	N/A
Vintage	2021
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Malbec
Country	Argentina
Region	Mendoza
Vendor	Catena Zapata
Origin	Gualtallary District, Tupungato Alto Region, Uco Valley and Mendoza
Climate	Altitude: 1,366 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	Alluvial origin. White stones covered with calcium carbonate.
Fermentation temperature	25-30 °C
Wine making	Maceration for 10 5 days. The fermentation occurs in 225-litre oak barrels and 500-litre French oak roll-fermenters for 17 days.
Aging	20 months in barrel, oak treatment is decided according to the vintage characteristics.
Total acidity	7.0 gr/L
PH	3.65
Allergens	Contains sulphites