2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Guiberteau with much less Alicante Bouchet

with much less Alicante Bouchet in the blend

given by its great acidity

Grapes: N9 (2018) is 100% Zweigelt

2017 Holden Interplanetary Traveler Red

and to work with them to find a healthy equilibrium

2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Guiberteau with much less Alicante BouchetOld Italian varieties: Barbera, Bonarda, Greco Nero, Rabosso Veronese, Cardin, and Freisa. From 80 year old vines in the Paraje Hilario at 1500m elevation in the foothills of the Andes. The soils are quartz rich colluvium a mix of rock types and sediments deposited from the mountains above. The grapes were harvested by hand in 15kg baskets, then crushed in the same baskets before depositing with the whole clusters in concrete, where they fermented