La Espera Malbec 2024 NEW

GRAPES 100% Malbec

ORIGIN Funckenhausen Vineyards, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina.

WINEMAKER Jimena López

VINEYARDS Our vineyards are in 25 de Mayo, San Rafael, Mendoza at 850 masl in a semi-desert climate

region that registers a high thermal amplitude. Planted on a hill, they are favoured by constant winds. The

Malbec selected for this line comes from a sandy-clay soil parcel (90 cm) mixed with boulder. Franc foot

vines planted in 2003, trained using a high trellis double cordon spur-pruning system and drip irrigation

with meltwater from the Andes. Yield: 8.000 - 9.000 kg per hectare.

WINEMAKING - Selection and de-stemming.

- Fermentation takes place in small steel tanks at a controlled temperature (25°- 28°) with selected yeasts.

- Maceration period: of 14 days.

- Spontaneous malolactic fermentation.

- 30% of the wine is aged in French oak barrels for 6 months.

- Blended with 70% of unoaked wine.

- Lightly filtered and bottled.

TASTING NOTES This Malbec presents a deep red colour with purple hues. In the nose, red fruity aromas as raspberry and

blackberry are perceived with some hints of vanilla. Gentle in the mouth, it has a medium build structure

and a good balance between its time in contact with the oak and the sweet and round tannins from the

fruit.