La Marchigiana Criolla
2020
At heart, Catena is a story about family. Family who poured their lives, passion, and spirit into transforming scrub-laden desert into some of the most beautiful and unique vineyards in the world. Family that passed their knowledge from generation to generation, blending collective memory with state-of-the-art science from the new world of viticulture. Family who, through risk-taking, faith, and a little luck, transformed their treasured Mendoza terroir into the fountainhead of the...
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"La Marchingiana" honours the natural and sulfate-free homemade wine legacy with this very limited production. "Naked wines in which only grapes and terroir speak."
This is so fun and delicious with bright, crunchy acidity (some volatility) and lemon-rind and strawberry-skin flavor. It’s very light-bodied, resembling a dark-colored rosé. Made in amphora, from one of the Spanish missionary grapes, using no sulfur. Love to drink this slightly chilled.
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Tangy white pepper with a hint of iodine and stones. Vibrant cherries, red plums, pomegranate and a touch of raw spice. Tannins are really firm and nicely chewy on the medium-bodied palate. A tad rustic, but so delicious and drinkable
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Bright and pale ruby color. Fresh watermelon, pomegranate and a touch of bitter herbs and white pepper on the nose. Tart cherries and pomegranate character on the palate with bright acidity and fresh, light tannins.
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“Eastern Mendoza has a rich heritage of old criolla chica (listán prieto) vines, the first of the red varieties to arrive in the New World with the Spanish Conquistadors. This one comes from Rivadavia, about 635 meters high, in one of the lowest and warmest areas of Mendoza. However, winemaker Alejandro Vigil is in charge of instilling freshness in this wine, which offers the variety's characteristic vibrant red fruits and earthy notes. A deliciously rustic wine to drink with deli meats.”
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“Pale salmon-colored rosé with aromas of cherry, peach, lemon zest and hints of spice. Bubble gum, too. It’s medium-bodied with crisp acidity. Dry, fresh and focused. No sulfur added.”
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A rosé made from criolla grapes, all from vineyards in eastern Mendoza, especially from the Finca Los Paraísos estate, and grown on sandy soils under the intense sun of Rivadavia some 600 meters above sea level. This is fresh and juicy with crunchy acidity and fruity flavors that make it ideal to drink for quenching thirst in the summer.
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