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Mendel Finca Remota Paraje Altamira Malbec 2023
Red Wine from Argentina - Mendoza
Made from malbec vines planted in 1947 in the Altamira region of the Uco Valley. Silty soils, old vines and cool temperatures, influenced by the high altitude of about 1100m, combine to produce a violet-scented wine with an elegant yet persistent palate with a silky texture of polished tannins that glide over the tongue. Unusual finesse from a new world wine. Exquisite. Decant 30 minutes before serving.
Price:
£52.00
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(£69.33/litre)
Price:
£312.00
Case of 6
(£69.33/litre)
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Code: AR5531
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Malbec/Cot
- 75cl
- Now to 2040
- 14.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, diam
- 780 g (Empty bottle weight)
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Mendel
Mendel is an old bodega situated at Drummond, Mendoza, built in 1928 and which was bought by the Sielecki family in 2002. They employed the highly respected Roberto de la Mota to make the wines. The wines are quite European in style, firm and structured as opposed to the more usual soft and fruity style, and are designed to develop in bottle. These wines are best enjoyed with food and benefit from decanting 30 minutes before drinking.
Mendel have a number of excellent vineyards. Finca Mendel surrounds the bodega at about 900m of altitude in Mayor Drummond was planted in 1928 to malbec at the old density of about 5,000 vines per hectare, quite high by modern standards, and excellent for quality. They are interspersed with olive trees. The fruit of this vineyard goes into their Malbec bottling. Recently a massale selection of petit verdot from Château Margaux has been planted here.
At Perdriel, Finca de los Andes is situated at about 1,100m and planted to malbec in 1928, with some cabernet planted about 20 years ago. The malbec and cabernet go into the Unus bottling.
In the cool Altamira district to the south of Mendoza they are buying semillon and malbec thought to be about 70 years old. The semillon goes into the varietal bottling while the lovely floral, mid-weight, exquisite malbec is bottled as Finca Remota, a play on words mingling its remote location with Roberto de la Mota's surname.