Altos Las Hormigas Organic Mendoza Malbec Clasico 2023 (Case 12 x 75cl)

Case price equivalent to £14.33 per bottle

Altos Las Hormigas Organic Mendoza Malbec Clasico

Region: Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 12 x 75cl

Grape: Malbec

ABV: 13.5%

Notes: Vegetarian, Vegan

The wine is lively ruby red in colour. The nose boasts aromas of plum, gunpowder, black pepper and eucalyptus. The palate is fresh and juicy with a fine acidity and balanced tannins.

The fruit for the Clásico is sourced from vineyards in Luján de Cuyo (70%) and the Uco Valley (30%). The region has a semi-desert climate with hot days and cool nights, which allows the grapes to ripen beautifully while still retaining good levels of acidity. The soils have a fine silt-sandy texture that provide good drainage and encourage deep root development, assisting the vines in coping with the intense summer heat in Mendoza.

The 100% organic Malbec grapes were harvested by hand. Fermentation was carried out in stainless steel tanks at 24°C for ten days with 5% of the fruit remaining whole cluster. Only indigenous yeast was used to enhance the expression of the vineyard. Extraction was minimized to preserve the delicate aromatics. The wine was aged for nine months in concrete vats with zero oak influence.

Altos Las Hormigas is based in Luján de Cuyo, the first officially recognised appellation in Mendoza and one of the region's premium vine growing areas. The estate is known as a Malbec specialist with a reputation as one of the country's top five producers of this particular variety. Alberto Antonini and fellow Tuscan, Antonio Morescalchi, were so impressed with the vineyards in the area around Mendoza, following their first trip to Argentina in 1995, that they persuaded a few friends to join with them in buying this estate. The estate covers 88 hectares with 56 in production.

https://www.altoslashormigas.com