Finca La Igriega Malbec Single Vineyard (Principio) 2024 750ml

LA IGRIEGA MALBEC 2019 MALBEC 100% | Winemaker Felipe Stahlschmidt Appellation: Paraje Altamira, Valle de Uco, Mendoza. Characteristics of the single vineyard: • 25 hectares - 12 years old; loamy-sandy soils, with alluvial stones 75 cm deep, with calcareous deposits. • 4500 plants per hectare; VSP conduction; controlled irrigation; Guyot pruning; Yield 7500kg per hectare • Sustainable production: grass-growing between rows, no herbicides, organic fertilizers. Hand harvest. • Altitude: 1100 mts above sea level / Big thermal amplitude (up to 20 degrees C) Harvest 2019: A low rainy season in spring and long summer. Medium yields, healthy and well ripe fruit. Intense colored wines, acid fruit flavors and soft tannins. Winemaking: From a selected parcel, harvested during mid March, the stripping was carried out, a cold maceration for 3 days at less than 10 degrees and fermented with local selected yeasts in concrete tanks. The fermentation temperature was 28 degrees and the duration 12 days. At the end of the fermentation, a post-fermentation maceration was carried out with the skins for 3 days. Production: 6.000 BOTTLES It is a malbec that reflects the Altamira terroir and our own Single Vineyard. Fresh, juicy, very expressive and elegant. Colour: Red Type: Dry Alcohol: 14% SO2: 70 mg/l pH/acidez: 3.6 / 5.85 Residual sugar: 2.0