Malbec, 'Appellation Altamira'

• Malbec
• Sourced from the Jardin Altamira vineyard site – one of Altos las Hormigas’ estate vineyard sites, at 1,200 meters above sea level
• Alluvial Terrace with little clay and limestone-covered pebbles
• Fruit goes through a double selection process and is transferred by gravity into small concrete containers
• 25-day fermentation with indigenous yeasts at 26ºC in concrete, with twice a day manual pigeage, 30% whole clusters
• Aged for 20 months in 50% untoasted 3,500L Foudre and 50% in concrete
• Aged for 6 months in bottle prior to release

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