Wine Description

Made from 100% Malbec, harvested in April and fermented in cement tanks. The wine is then aged for one year in French oak barrels.

Tasting Notes

A deeply-colored powerful red with great concentration of berries. Complex flavors of plums, figs and dried fruit, with spicy vanilla character are evident from the maturation in French oak.

Vineyard Characteristics

Production area/name of vineyard:	The Lujan de Cuyo vineyard
Size of vineyard (acres):	250
Soil composition:	alluvial and pebbled rock
Training method:	trellis
Elevation (feet):	3,200
Vines/acre:	1,600
Exposure:	Northeastern
Year vineyard planted:	1975

Winemaking & Aging

Varietal composition:	100% Malbec
Harvest time:	April
First vintage of this wine:	1969
Number bottles produced of this wine:	250,000
Fermentation
Fermentation container:	cement tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation (days):	7
Length of maceration (days):	20-25
Aging
Aging container:	French oak barrels
Cooperage:	French
Length of aging before bottling:	1 year
Length of bottle aging:	6 months
Analytical Data
Alcohol:	14.2%
pH level:	3.6
Residual sugar (grams/liter):	2.2
Acidity (grams/liter):	4.7
Dry extract (grams/liter):	30.5

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