2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Les Vignes de Paradis close to the forest’s edge

close to the forest’s edge

barrels or large wooden vats (foudres)

2020 Weingut Donnhoff Roxheimer Hollenpfad Riesling Trocken Nahe 1

location (in the middle of a pine forest)

AGING: The wine finished its second primary fermentation in bottle and was left en tirage for 3 months

2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Les Vignes de Paradis close to the forest’s edgeA powerful, high thread count Malbec from centenarian vines. The Malbec in our club wines is a lithe, perception bending take on the grape. But, Matas is also exceptional at making refined versions of the more classic, full bodied Argentinian Malbec. This cuve is from centenarian+ vines (the oldest were planted in 1908), grown at a soaring 1100 meters. Destemmed and fermented with a long, gently extraction in small concrete vats; and aged in French