FINE & RARE. Super Malbecs Anatomy of a vineyard Super 10 Tastings, flights and other formats

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1 FINE & RARE Super s Anatomy of a vineyard Super 10 Tastings, flights and other formats

2 THE TERRUÑO (TERROIR) ANDES SALTA Cachi Molinos Cafayate TUCUMÁN Tolombón CATAMARCA Fiambalá LA RIOJA Famatina SAN JUAN Perdernal Tulum Zonda ARGENTINA SOUTH ATLANTIC MENDOZA Maipú Luján de Cuyo Valle de Uco San Rafael BUENOS AIRES Chapadmalal PATAGONIA Neuquén Rio Negro Chubut With the Andes to the West and the Atlantic to the East, most of Argentina s wine production takes place between latitudes S and altitudes m ASL

3 SUPER MALBEC REGIONS PATAGONIA Luján de Cuyo is home to most of the Moving further south, we come to the LA RIOJA m ASL 6200 Hectares famous names, Agrelo being the largest department of San Carlos. This is where m ASL 8000 Hectares With Mendoza to the north, and the sub - region. Set in a bowl shape, this the cooling influence of latitude starts Characterised by a large cooperative, Andes to the west, the Rio Negro is a 75 is a very cool region, with deep soils, to kick in. Paraje Altamira has just been with over 100 wineries working under mile long oasis in a wild, windy desert ideal for traditional flood irrigation from given its own appellation, and is home one brand, La Rioja excels at producing plateau. The river gives life to the many the Rio Mendoza. Next door, Perdriel is to high levels of calcium carbonate Torrontés, Bonarda, Tannat and Syrah. old vines, with a wide thermal amplitude, more rocky, giving graphite and flesh in the soils, giving a fantastic level of This is the original home of Torrontés, making this region ideal for high quality to the wines, and particularly good complexity and longevity to in where Muscatel de Alexandria and Criolla wine. Semillon, Pinot Noir and Merlot are for Cabernet Sauvignon. Straddling particular. Chica first crossed. A number of new, the dominant varietals here, and the border with Maipú, Drumond and La Consulta has deeper soils, and old independent wineries are producing new has a fine texture and lovely purity of Lunlunta are home to leafy dirt tracks vines, which manifests in gloriously varietals, such as Fiano and Muscat. fruit. The wines are are very elegant. Neuquén, where the Limay and Neuquén and old, old vines. is perhaps at its finest here, and a new focus on opulent fruit, combined with high acidity. El Cepillo and Eugenio Bustos also have CATAMARCA rivers meet near San Patricio del Chañar, this region is emerging. Moving west, high levels of limestone, producing tense 2000m ASL 2600 Hectares is the newest wine region in the world. Vistalba and Las Compuertas is home and mineral wines. Set in the implausibly remote and Planted from 1999, a handful of wineries are beginning to find definition; intensely to some of the best vineyards in all of Argentina. Silky and soft, has SAN JUAN wild valley of Fiambalá, Catamarca is home to, Bonarda, Syrah pure and mineral in style, with quality a juicy and intense elegance, with wild m ASL Hectares and, increasingly, Torrontés. Just a getting better with each vintage. flowers and spice. Perhaps the hottest of all climates, dozen wineries produce mainly organic BUENOS AIRES The recent race to the Uco Valley is giving wineries a new colour to their this is Argentina's second wine region and lies to the north of Mendoza. There wines with power and concentration. The famous 'mistela' sweet Muscatel 10m ASL 140 Hectares palate, with tense and nervy wines are 3 main zones. Zonda, which is wines are frequently made by the many Small, new wine projects in being defined by a cooler terroir. This named after the famous wind, which Monastaries in the region. Chapadmalal, near Mar del Plata, are the only wines that have any sea influence. huge valley is divided into 3 regions, being separated by the Tunuyán and Las fires its way down the mountain with such ferocity, is hot and dry. Tulum SALTA Lying right next to the Atlantic, Albariño, Tunas rivers. When entering the valley, surrounds the city of San Juan, and is m ASL 2300 Hectares Riesling, Gewürtztraminer and Pinot Noir Tupungato soars with high altitude noted for the quality of it's Syrah, which The northern most winemaking region in will be the stars of the future. vines, with the sub region of Gualtallary loves heat. The high quality comes from Argentina, set in the beautiful Calchaquí Watch this space. generating much excitement, not least Perdernal, and at 1400m it is the coolest Valley, and one of the most terroir MENDOZA because it is being exploited by a new breed of maverick winemakers who are sub region in San Juan., Syrah and Petit Verdot are the stars, with ripe, specific, Salta is home to the highest vineyards in the world. Cafayate is the m ASL Hectares creating stunning Cabernet Franc and spicy and peppery character. main town, with just 33 wineries making The largest wine region in Argentina, blends. The new San Pablo region is Calingasta, a new, even higher vineyard fine, powerful wines with huge, intense and the most famous. Maipú, and the producing wines with intense acidity and area better known for its apples, is luminosity. Torrontés and Tannat are at eastern regions are hot and arid, with a lightness of touch too. showing much promise, particularly for their best, with expressing itself an enviable swathe of old vines, mainly Tunuyán is home to Vista Flores, right the Bonarda Argentina and Criolla Chica in its most intense and opulent glory. given over to making table wines. Some at the foot of the snow line of the Andes, grape varieties. Further afield, Cachi and Molinos are famous old family names reside in producing spicy, elegant and floral pushing the limits of extreme viticulture, Maipú, where, Cabernet Franc wines. The rocky Chacayés department reaching the dizzy heights of 3111m. and Cabernet Sauvignon are ripe and is also creating a stir and is being rich in style. targeted by small boutique wineries.

4 SUPER MALBECS Bottle 750ml Drawn from 10 years of championing this beautiful grape, here is a selection of the finest s in the world. PATAGONIA Rio Negro and Neuquén FABRE MONTMAYOU PATAGONIA BARREL SELECTION m Rio Negro DOÑA PAULA EL ALTO PARCEL m Ugarteche (Single Vineyard) ALTA VISTA SERENADE m Alto Agrelo (Single Vineyard) UCO VALLEY (TUNUYÁN) Vista Flores, Tunuyán, Los Arboles, Chacáyes UCO VALLEY (TUPUNGATO) Gualtallary, San José, Tupungato RAFFY EL VIAJERO 2011/ m Gualtallary (Single Vineyard) FLICHMAN PARCELA / m Tupungato (Single Vineyard) FINCA SOPHENIA PARTIDA LIMITADA 2012/13 UCO VALLEY (SAN CARLOS) La Consulta, Altamira, San Carlos, El Cepillo, Eugenio Bustos ALTA VISTA TEMIS m El Cepillo (Single Vineyard) ATAMISQUÉ 'CUVEÉ PRIVEÉ' m La Consulta (Single Vineyard) MENDOZA LUJÁN DE CUYO Las Compuertas and Vistalba 'MARIFLOR' m Chacayés, Tunuyán (Single Vineyard) 1300m Tupungato (Single Vineyard) RIGLOS CANTO DE AGUA 2013 FAMILIA MARGUERY (Single Vineyard) ALTA VISTA ALIZARINE m Las Compuertas (Single Vineyard) LUJÁN DE CUYO Ugarteche, Agrelo, Perdriel, Lunlunta, Drummond SUSANA BALBO 'MANDALA' m Chacayés, Tunuyán (Single Vineyard) PIEDRA NEGRA 'EXCELENCIA' m Chacayés, Tunuyán (Single Vineyard) 1300m Gualtallary (Single Vineyard) PASSIONATE WINE CALCAREO m Gualtallary (Single Vineyard) DOÑA PAULA 'ALUVIA PARCEL 2011 SON VIDA (Single Vineyard) FINCA SUAREZ 2014??.?? (Single Vineyard) DOÑA PAULA 'LOS INDIOS PARCEL 2011 MENDEL 'G' m Drummond/Perdriel m Gualtallary (Single Vineyard) 'SUPER UCO' m Gualtallary, (Single Vineyard) MALBEC SALTA CATENA 'VIÑAS' m Lunlunta (Single Vineyard) Uco valley, Mendoza ALTOS LAS HORMIGAS 'APPELLATION GUALTALLARY' 2012/13 Cachi, Molinos, Cafayate SAN PEDRO DE YACOCHUYA 2011/ m Yacochuya, Salta (Single Vineyard) 1500m Gualtallary, Uco valley, Mendoza

5 SUPER MALBEC Anatomy of a vineyard SUPER 10 ALTAMIRA The following six wines are all taken from a small six hectare vineyard in Paraje Altamira, a region in the which has just LOS SUELOS FLIGHT 2012 (STONES) 750ml (GRAVEL) 750ml (SAND) 750ml SUPER 10 The list of wines below, represents a collection of wines that I have come to regard as real game changers over the last fifteen years. Each having raised MASI ARGENTINA CORBEC 2013 Corvina/ 1300m Tupungato, been designated it's own appellation. We look at the effect of different soil compositions with four s that were picked from seperate parts of this vineyard. Made for Gaucho by Alejandro Sejanovich LOS SUELOS LA PIEDRA 2011/12 (STONES) (LIMESTONE) 750ml the bar of quality and innovation when first released, they have had pride of place on Gaucho s wine list ever since CATENA ZAPATA WHITE STONES 2009/10 Chardonnay 1402m Gualtallary, Uco Valley (Single Vineyard) LA PRIMERA REVANCHA KING 2011 /Cabernet/ FINCA SOPHENIA SYNTHESIS THE BLEND 2011 Cabernet//Merlot 1300m Tupungato, Mendoza FABRE MONTMAYOU GRAND VIN 2010 /Cabernet/Merlot m Barrancas, Maipú/Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza LOS SUELOS LA GRAVA 2011/12 (GRAVEL) TIEMPO? Time. An essential element of wine. Below are two s from the Franc/Petit Verdot 980m Perdriel/Mayor Drummond, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza ZUCCARDI ZETA m La Consulta/ Vista Flores, Mendoza LOS SUELOS LA ARENA 2011/12 (SAND) LOS SUELOS EL LIMO 2011/12 (LIMESTONE) same vineyard in Altamira. Made by Alejandro Sejanovich, both picked a month apart KHALIX 17 MARZO 2013, Mendoza KHALIX 14 ABRIL 2013, Mendoza LUIGI BOSCA D.O.C m Vistalba, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza (Single Vineyard) NICOLAS CATENA ZAPATA MALBEC ARGENTINO 2010/ m Altamira/Gualtallary, CHEVAL DES ANDES 2011 /Cabernet/Petit Verdot 1067m Vistalba/Las Compuertas/ Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza NICOLAS CATENA ZAPATA 2009/10/11 Cabernet Sauvignon/ m Luján de Cuyo/ Uco Valley Both bottles 90.00

6 TASTINGS, FLIGHTS AND OTHER FORMATS COLOMÉ HIGH ALTITUDE THREE BOTTLE MALBEC TASTING m Salta Three wines from the highest vineyards in the world 1750m Cafayate 2260m Colomé 2650m Molinos (3 bottles) FINCA SOPHENIA SYNTHESIS BLEND VERTICAL TASTING A journey through the evolution of this brilliant wine 2004/5/6/7 1300m Gualtallary, (4 bottles) Prepared by our sommelier, please book in advance SUSANA BALBO NOSOTROS MALBEC m Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza 3L COLOMÉ ESTATE m Salta 3L ZUCCARDI Q m Vista Flores, Altamira, La Consulta, Magnum 1.5L???.?? MENDEL 'UNUS' 2012 Cabernet/ m Perdriel/ Mayor Drummond, Mendoza Magnum 1.5L???.?? VIÑA PATRICIA FLIGHT 980m Lunlunta, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza Viña Patricia ml Viña Patricia D oro ml??.?? MAURICIO LORCA INSPIRADO 2009 Syrah//Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot 1150m Vista Flores, 3L

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