Catena Zapata
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae Malbec 2018
Other years:
2020| Denomination | N/A |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Mendoza (Argentina) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Malbec |
| Aging | The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 18-24 months, followed by 24 months of bottle ageing before wine is marketed. |
| Other years | 2020 |
Description
The symbol of pioneering viticulture, the Adrianna vineyard is located at an altitude of 1,450 m. a.s.l., the highest Malbec vineyard in all of Mendoza. This Malbec wine has an exceptional concentration and structure that can age for 20 or 30 years.
Awards
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2018
98/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2018
98/100
The prestigious international wine guide from the renowned Robert Parker, the world's most experienced and trusted wine taster.
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2018
97/100
Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
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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| Name | Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae Malbec 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | N/A |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Malbec |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Vendor | Catena Zapata |
| Origin | Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. |
| Climate | Altitude: 1,450 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Shallow soil with gravel. |
| Plants per hectare | 12,000 plants per hectare. |
| Wine making | 70% of the grapes ferment in 225-500 litre new French oak barrels for 15-30 days. The fermentation temperature is kept low to allow the extraction of intense aromas. The corking is done by hand to ensure sweet flavours. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barriques leaves considerable lees and sediment. |
| Aging | The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 18-24 months, followed by 24 months of bottle ageing before wine is marketed. |
| Total acidity | 6.5 gr/L |
| PH | 3.58 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
