2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Barrialto Insanely delicious stuff

Insanely delicious stuff

The grapes for this wine come from the bottom of the parcel

The vineyard is 380 meters above sea level and is surrounded by a forest

4 hectare parcel

one planted in 1937 and the other in 1950

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Barrialto Insanely delicious stuffFor Matas, this is one of the most important vineyards in Mendozas Uco Valley. Here, Sauvignon Blanc is rooted in white, calcareous soils aromatic earth as he calls it infusing the wine with soft, chalky minerality. It also defends the grape against its tendency to become a caricature of itself: the grapes signature (and often, sharp) green flavors come in the form of delicate baby parsley and fresh cut flowers; its punchy grapefruit citrus is traded