Sur de Los Andes - Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon - Reserva 2014
- Producer Sur de los Andes
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Blend
50% Cabernet Sauvignon
50% Malbec - Country Argentina
- Region Mendoza
- UPC 0 15643 41524 1
Soil
Clay and limestone.
Vinification
All the grapes are double sorted upon arrival to the winery. All fermentations take place naturally with native yeasts. Fermentation takes 30 days with 5 days of cold maceration, at temperatures between 28-31 Celsius to achieve the most complexity. The wine then goes through 100% Malolactic Fermentation and is aged up to a year in older oak casks.
Tasting Notes
A classic grape blend from Argentina, this full-bodied wine has ripe blackberry and vanilla aromas (from the oak ageing) and continues jammy dark fruit on the palate. Medium tannins and ending in a plum finish with hints of mint. Pair with barbequed red meat. The wine then ages in French Oak, with medium toast, for 12 months. 50% Malbec 50% Cabernet Sauvignon
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.