2023 Ernesto Catena "Animal" Malbec, Mendoza, ArgentinaABOUT THIS WINE 100% Malbec with 50% of the wine aged in French and 50% American oak of 2nd and 3rd use for 8 months. The grapes come from organic certified vineyards in Agrelo, Vista Flores, La Consulta, Tupungato, Mendoza Argentina. Pure fruit stripped from any intervention distant from nature. On the nose, flashes of strawberries and jam as sensory connectors to the best of this varietal. In the mouth, simple and easy going. Its skin is soft as its

but the interplay of components here is distinctive and delicious

Vineyards are difficult to spot as well

fermented in open oak “lagares” with some extraction (pigeage)

but primarily stony

has worked for many years in a prestigious Valpolicella’s cellar

alcohol: 13%

While the fruit sources and producers vary from wine to wine the common thread is the quality of fruit

A combination of unique vineyard sites

"The Central Coast offers us the opportunity to live

Vaccarèse and Muscardin

and Malvasia

Bruno’s style shows beautiful balance