Sauvignon Blanc 100%

White with green tinges.

Intense on the nose, with fruit and slightly herbal bouquet. Aroma notes of passion fruit and grapefruit are very typical in this wine and give a pleasant aroma complexity.

Dry and lively on the palate. Very enjoyable to drink cold.

Ideal to serve with spicy seafood or salads, as well as with white meats with sweet -sour sauces. You don't lose the wine even with more hot or spicy foods.  

From the Bodegas de las Familias Falasco in Mendoza, Argentina.

The Falasco Family is deeply rooted in the wine making industry with over 70 years of experience.

Their province, located at the foot of the Andes, has loamy soils irrigated with very pure melt water and features wide thermal amplitude.

300 days of sunshine a year and soft winds render the perfect conditions to produce top-quality wines.

TASTING NOTES

Golden yellow with greenish highlights.

Wide range of aromas with a predominance of pineapple, bananas, butter and toasted bread.

Complex and honeyed, with a sweet touch of exceptional complexity.

Vinification

Made in the saignée method. A method of rosé production that involves bleeding off the juice after limited contact with the skins. Pronounced ‘sonyay’.

After this process, this red blend, consisting mostly of Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Lemberger and a touch of Saperavi, goes through a cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

Wine Description

Medium intensity with dominant characters of strawberry, watermelon and honey dew.

An interesting wine that shows sweeter characters on the nose, but surprises with a crisp refreshing dry palate.

Food Pairing: Barbecue foods and fresh summer salads

Drink now or cellar until 2018

Alcohol: 12.8%

Acidity: 0.62 g/100mL

pH: 3.30

Sugar: 0.9%

An excellent wine for meat dishes, particularly red meat. It is perfect with roasts, game and cold cuts as well as with traditional boiled meat dishes.

Serving temperature 18 - 20 °C

SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS

The bouquet has typically fruity notes of cherries and ­ flowery hints of violets fused with a spicy sensation from its brief time in wooden barrels. Well-structured and balanced with evolved, rounded tannin.

TECHNICAL DATA

Area of origin: Monastier & San Polo di Piave

Variety: 90 - 95% Raboso Piave, with a small percentage of Raboso Veronese.

Training system: Sylvoz and the traditional Bellussi system

Harvest period: Fairly late

Yield Kg grapes per ha: 13,000 kg

Vini­cation: Traditional with the must kept in contact with the pomace for a long time and partial ripasso over the pomace of the Raboso passito following our own traditional method

Maturing: Part in oak barrels, the rest in stainless steel containers

Alcohol: 13% Vol.

Sugar residue: 6.00 - 7.00 g/l

Total acidity: 6.00 - 6.20 g/l

LOCATION : Valle de Uco, Vista Flores, Tunuyán

VINEYARDS:

Total area : 65 hectares

Area in production : 55 hectares

Altitude : 1000 meters above sea level

Plantation density : 5.500 plants per hectare

Yield : 5.000 a 6.000 kgs. per hectare

Harvest : Manual in 12 kgs boxes.

VARIETAL COMPOSITION : 58% Malbec ; 18% Cabernet Sauvignon ; 12% Petit Verdot; 8% Syrah; 4% Merlot

Vintage : 2011

Alcohol : 15%

Acidity : 5.8 g/l

Residual Sugar : 1.7 g/l

Ph : 3.85

Dry Extract : 32.5 g/l

PRODUCTION :

42.000 bottles

Fermentation :

Maceration:

7 to 10 days at 28ºC in stainless steel tanks. Once the vats are full, the grapes undergo a maceration

before the alcoholic fermentation takes place. This process takes 30 to 40 days.

Malolactic Fermentation: 100%

Aging : 60% in French oak barrels during 12 months.

TASTING NOTES :

“For a cool vintage with plenty of challenges, the wine reached 15% alcohol, so don’t expect any green aromas or diluted flavors here. The nose is a powerful combination of dark plums, espresso coffee, Belgian chocolate and shy hints of red cherries with a full-bodied palate and abundant, fine-grained tannins, moderate acidity and good length, no doubt lifted by the alcohol. This is a big, ripe blend, slightly international, in need of some bottle aging. 42,000 bottles were produced in 2011. Drink 2015-2021.” (91 pts, Wine Spectator, 04/2014). LuisGutierrez.

Origin

Western Cape.

About the area

South Africa's vineyards are mostly situated in the Western Cape near the coast. This is the southernmost region of the African continent, and

has a Mediterranean type climate and diverse soils perfectly suited to quality grape production.

Winemaking

Specially selected grapes were harvested, destemmed and inoculated with yeast. The wine was allowed to ferment until the desired sugar level

was reached and then fortified with natural wine spirits to stop the fermentation. The resulting wine was then matured in French oak barrels.

Maturation

8 - 10 years in a combination of 300 litre and 500 litre French oak barrels.

Varietals

Tinta Barocca + Cinsaut + Souzão.

Wine description

Extended wood maturation resulted in a beautiful amber colour with orange zest, dried fruit, caramel and nuttiness on the nose. This full

flavoured wine explodes with fruit, marzipan and toffee on the palate, with a well-balanced sweetness.

Serving suggestion

Serve chilled before a meal or with cheese and chocolates after a meal.

Wine analysis

Alcohol % volume: 17.50

pH: 3.50

Total acidity g/l: 5.42

Residual sugar g/l: 128.03