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Sur de los Andes - Malbec

2020
Producer
Sur de los Andes
Blend
100% Malbec
Country
Argentina
Region
Mendoza
UPC
0 15643 52128 7
Other
Verified Stock
99091-20
Product Ratings
James Suckling 90pt

Bright and vivid with light body, light tannins and a round, pretty finish. Delicious now.

by James Suckling, 2022

Description

All the grapes are double sorted upon arrival to the winery. All fermentations take place naturally with native yeasts. Fermentation takes 20 days with 2 days of cold maceration, at temperatures between 24-27 Celsius to achieve the most complexity. The wine then goes through 100% Malolactic Fermentation and is aged in older oak casks.

Tasting Notes

A juicy Malbec with lively acidity backing the raspberry, blackberry and plum notes woven with soft tannins and spice-tinged finish.

Estate

Bodega Sur de los Andes was created by Guillermo Banfi, an Argentine professional who entered the wine industry in 2002. He studied in Los Angeles and New York and then spent the 90’s in banking and finance working in Buenos Aires and New York acquiring both business experience and taste for fine wines.

His passion for wine collided with his business training, and, coming at the start of the worldwide boom in Argentine wines, led him to make the decision to leave banking to pursue a dream of creating a high-quality boutique winery. In 2005, Guillermo, hired one of Argentina’s rising young stars, winemaker Pablo Durigutti, and pursued his dream by forming Sur de los Andes. The winery produces premium wines in the Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza province with grapes from throughout the Mendoza region, in particular Agrelo and Vistalba in Luján de Cuyo and San Carlos in the Uco Valley.

Fermentation

Use of Native yeast. 20 days with 2 days of cold maceration. Temperatures between 24-27 Celsius to enhance fruit. 100% Malolactic Fermentation.

Soil

Clay and limestone.