Nicasia Malbec Argentino 2018

Description

Still red from the Uco Valley in Argentina, 14% ABV, produced by Catena Zapata. Blend: 90% Malbec, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot. 0.75L bottle, 2018 vintage. A Malbec that embodies the history and passion of the Catena Zapata family, pioneers of Argentine viticulture. Aged 12 months in French oak barrels. The Malbec offers an intense bouquet with hints of plum and sweet blackberry, complemented by the Cabernet Sauvignon and the spicy aromas of Petit Verdot. Barrel aging adds further complexity with delicate oak and vanilla flavors.

Details

Perfume

The Malbec gives intense aromas with hints of plum and sweet blackberry. Hints of Cabernet Sauvignon and the spicy scents of Petit Verdot accompany the Malbec aromas.

Taste

Barrel ageing provides additional complexity with delicate oak and vanilla flavours.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Catena Zapata

From this winery

By the 1960s, however, Familia Catena was struggling. The Argentine economy was in shambles and inflation rates were soaring. One year, Domingo realized that it would cost him more to harvest than to leave the fruit on the vines. He asked his twenty-two year old son Nicolás, a recent PhD graduate in economics, what to do about such a dilemma. Nicolás advised him not to harvest. Domingo could not follow his son’s advice with a clear conscience and picked anyway. Nicolás still remembers the sadness he felt for his father that year.

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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Technical Sheet

Name	Catena Zapata Nicasia Malbec Argentino 2018
Type	Red still
Denomination	N/A
Vintage	2018
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	90% Malbec, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot
Country	Argentina
Region	Uco Valley
Vendor	Catena Zapata
Origin	Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.
Climate	Altitude: 1,230 m. a.s.l.
Fermentation temperature	28 °C
Fermentation	11 days.
Wine making	18 days of maceration with complete malolactic fermentation.
Aging	12 months in French oak barrels.
Allergens	Contains sulphites