Alta Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

CATENA

Alta Cabernet Sauvignon
2022

  • Sustainable

$62.87*

* Suggested retail price
Product code
521831
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Special Order
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Dénomination origine (DOC)
Region
Mendoza
Subregion
Lujan de Cuyo
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 100 %
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

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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Product notes

Catena Alta is an assemblage of historic rows within the Catena family Estate vineyards. The blend of these historic rows, like the marriage of sounds that create a symphony, yields a highly aromatic and elegant wine that speaks for the earth and the vines that have been tended by the Catena's for four generations. The Catena Alta wines can usually be drunk starting at three years after harvest and into the following one to two decades.

Production notes

Before the world recognized Catena’s Argentina as “malbec country”, the winery was known for its old-world style Cabernet Sauvignon born in the clay-soils of Agrelo. The family cherishes its historic Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Agrelo and Tupungato, particularly for their ageability and classic flavors. Catena Alta Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from Lot 3 of the La Pirámide vineyard, Lot 2 of the Domingo vineyard and Lot 2 of the Nicasia Vineyard. Elevage: 18 months in French oak barrels.

Press reviews

Vinous

- 95 points -

April 2025 (Vintage 2022)

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Catena Alta reflects Mendoza’s continental character and pure fruit expression. It includes 8% Cabernet Franc from Luján de Cuyo and Uco Valley and is aged for up to 18 months in barrel. Its aging informs but does not overpower its intensely aromatic profile, which has notes of redcurrant, plum and blackberry over a background of ash and soft oak. Dry, plush and just lightly fitted by chalky tannins, the palate seems to vibrate as it stretches into a long, flavorful finish. This is a beautifully crafted wine with a modern touch.

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James Suckling

- 93 points -

May 2024 (Vintage 2022)

Lots of cherries, white pepper and spiced berries on the nose. Medium-bodied on the palate with juicy berries and lightly chewy tannins. Plenty of fruit in a medium-long finish

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