Matias Riccitelli Viejos Vinedos En Pie Franco Vineyard Selection Malbec 

Region: Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Malbec

ABV: 14.5%

Concentrated and powerful, this is a very complex yet elegant wine with aromas of wild blackberries, black cherries, liquorice and floral notes. Perfectly balanced with an opulent structure and a rich finish.

These old Malbec vines were planted during the first decades of the XX Century. They were planted ungrafted on clayey, stony and limestones soils and they are located in Mendoza’s most traditional sites: the gapes coming from Las Compuertas, and Vistalba. Clusters are destemmed and they go down, in a natural way by gravity to small concrete vats. They with wild yeast at a temperature between 26º to 28ºC during several weeks. Aging continues in French oak barrels for more than a year.

Matías Riccitelli was born in Cafayate, Salta, a charming village in northern Argentina where wine is lived and breathed. A tireless traveler and dreamer, Matías trained as a winemaker in one of Argentina’s most prestigious wineries. After traveling the world through multiple harvests, gaining experience and anecdotes, he decided to blend everything he learned throughout his career with the teachings of his mentor and father, Jorge Riccitelli. Thus, in 2009, Riccitelli Wines was born. The winery is located in Las Compuertas, in the highest area of the traditional Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, at 1,100 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.).

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