Catena Zapata
Catena Malbec 2024
| Denomination | N/A |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Mendoza (Argentina) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Malbec |
| Aging | 12 months in wooden barrels. Barrel selection varies according to vineyard and vintage (first, second and third use barrels used). |
Description
The Catena wines are a special assemblage of High Mountain Estate Vineyards made by fourth generation vintner, Laura Catena and chief winemaker, Alejandro Vigil. Although we have found that most of the Catena wines are consumed shortly after release, we are pleased to see that they age beautifully for ten to twenty years. Through decades of study and exploration within Mendoza’s high altitude mountain terroirs, the Catena family has identified special locations for its Estate vineyards. From the marriage of these historic vineyards emerges a wine of unique character that has natural balance, concentration, and a distinct varietal identity.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °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 Catena Malbec 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | N/A |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Malbec |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Vendor | Catena Zapata |
| Origin | Lulunta, El Cepillo, Gualtallary (Argentina) |
| Climate | Lunlunta: 920 m. a.s.l.; El Cepillo: 1090 m. a.s.l.; Gualtallary: 1450 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Lunlunta: silty clay with rounded rocks at the bottom; El Cepillo: alluvial origin. Clayey-sandy soil with thick limestone layers and rounded rocks at the bottom; Gualtallary: alluvial origin. Gravelly and calcareous soil. Rounded rocks on the bottom. |
| Wine making | This wine goes through a long cold maceration for 5 days at 8.8ºC to extract the aromas. The juice is then fermented for 12 days with a post-fermentation maceration of 19-22 days. Wild yeasts. |
| Aging | 12 months in wooden barrels. Barrel selection varies according to vineyard and vintage (first, second and third use barrels used). |
| Total acidity | 5.0 gr/L |
| PH | 3.7 |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |