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Zuccardi Finca Canal Uco Malbec 2016.
Product Code:
17791728008293
Country:
Argentina / Paraje Altamira, Uco Valley.
Grape Varieties:
100% Malbec.
ABV:
14.5%
Case Size:
6 x 75cl
Ratings:
97 Points / The Wine Advocate.
£564.65
"The Tunuyán River irrigates most of the vineyards in Mendoza, and the Canal Uco is the first canal that draws water from it. It connects to the river on its right bank, a few kilometers from where the river departs from the Andes. It has been the vital pulse of irrigation in the southern part of the Uco Valley for decades. The first lands historically irrigated by its waters were those of the northern part of Paraje Altamira.
On those lands, once cultivated with apple trees, we planted our first vineyard in this village.
This was the vineyard where we discovered Paraje Altamira, and it was the beginning of a journey of knowledge and learning, in which we transformed instinct into experience.
Interpreting the identity of Paraje Altamira through wine involves understanding its temperate climate and its stony and calcareous soils.
This “Finca” wine comes from a selection of different sectors of the vineyard planted with Malbec, where the stones appear at 80 centimeters below the sand and silt soil, and reflect the identity of the area with transparency." - Sebastián Zuccardi
The 2016 Finca Canal Uco comes from the traditional part of Altamira across the street from the Piedra Infinita vineyard, with slightly deeper soils, less limestone and more ripeness and slightly more generous wines. Here, they do their best to avoid sweetness in the wines through ripeness. But the wine is the expression of the place, a different interpretation of Altamira, with a little more fruit in the nose and some notes reminiscent of a wine from the Northern Rhône: olives and iron and slightly coarser tannins. There will be people that prefer the power here and others that like the austerity of Piedra Infinita. 6,300 bottles were filled in February 2017 - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate, 31st Oct 2019
"The Tunuyán River irrigates most of the vineyards in Mendoza, and the Canal Uco is the first canal that draws water from it. It connects to the river on its right bank, a few kilometers from where the river departs from the Andes. It has been the vital pulse of irrigation in the southern part of the Uco Valley for decades. The first lands historically irrigated by its waters were those of the northern part of Paraje Altamira.
On those lands, once cultivated with apple trees, we planted our first vineyard in this village.
This was the vineyard where we discovered Paraje Altamira, and it was the beginning of a journey of knowledge and learning, in which we transformed instinct into experience.
Interpreting the identity of Paraje Altamira through wine involves understanding its temperate climate and its stony and calcareous soils.
This “Finca” wine comes from a selection of different sectors of the vineyard planted with Malbec, where the stones appear at 80 centimeters below the sand and silt soil, and reflect the identity of the area with transparency." - Sebastián Zuccardi
The 2016 Finca Canal Uco comes from the traditional part of Altamira across the street from the Piedra Infinita vineyard, with slightly deeper soils, less limestone and more ripeness and slightly more generous wines. Here, they do their best to avoid sweetness in the wines through ripeness. But the wine is the expression of the place, a different interpretation of Altamira, with a little more fruit in the nose and some notes reminiscent of a wine from the Northern Rhône: olives and iron and slightly coarser tannins. There will be people that prefer the power here and others that like the austerity of Piedra Infinita. 6,300 bottles were filled in February 2017 - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate, 31st Oct 2019
All our wines are stored in our importers bonded warehouse, which have the optimum environment for fine wine storage, by carefully regulating temperature, humidity and other microclimatic factors.
As such, please allow between 7 and 10 days for your delivery to arrive.
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