2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Lapo Berti with batonnage for the first

with batonnage for the first month

Fruit is hand-harvested

care) will restore their vigor

VINIFICATION: Syrah and Gamay really complement each other

which allows us to put the second reflux helmet on our stills to use

2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Lapo Berti with batonnage for the firstA powerful, high thread count Malbec from centenarian vines. The Malbec in our club wines is a lithe, perception bending take on the grape. But, Matas is also exceptional at making refined versions of the more classic, full bodied Argentinian Malbec. This cuve is from centenarian+ vines (the oldest were planted in 1908), grown at a soaring 1100 meters. Destemmed and fermented with a long, gently extraction in small concrete vats; and aged in French