La Savante
2022
$92.69*
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Armed with the vision of elevating Catena and Argentine wines to stand with the best in the world, Catena’s high standard of excellence has brought them much acclaim over the years, for their wines and for their work. Most recently, Nicolás Catena Zapata was the recipient of Wine Enthusiast’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021, while his daughter Laura Catena, fourth generation vintner, as well as physician and author, has been called “the face of Argentine wine” and was awarded 2022...
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“The scholar” in the feminine, pays homage to scholarly women, who can be feminine and serious at the same time, like this wine.
Red-mineral fruit, with slight reduction and a touch of citrus. Orange peel. Earthy character. High Acidity and low alcohol content. Vertical wine. Layered tannins.
A touch of grilled oranges and moss to the red berries, minerals and chalk. Juicy and mouthwatering on the palate with a bright, acid-driven mid-palate and a mineral-coated texture. Super fresh, energetic and bright. Nimble, fragile and vulnerable. Extremely long, but subtle.
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This is a delicate version of pinot noir. Made with 50% whole clusters and 12 months of aging in barrels, 10% of them new oak, it offers tart red fruits and herbal notes. The palate is tense and marked by sharp and penetrating tannins, very much in tune with the calcareous soils that are common in Gualtallary and that tend to give that chalky sensation on the palate. The acidity is fresh and crisp. A pinot noir of tension. Savante comes from a vineyard about 100 meters higher than Histoire D'A, still in the Adrianna vineyard in Gualtallary. It's a 1.45 hectare parcel planted in 1994 on calcareous soils, about 1,450 meters high.
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