matias riccitelli viñedos de montaña cabernet franc 2020

"we are a consequence of our experiences. great and small anecdotes of life that have marked us and conditioned us to be as we are today. in the case of matías riccitelli, an intrepid winemaker who is born in the vineyard (son of the prestigious jorge ricitelli), after starting his professional career in the family winery, he decides to travel the world to open new horizons. thus, after collecting countless enriching experiences, in 2009 he decided to create his own project in las compuertas, the highest area of the traditional luján de cuyo (at 1100 masl), in mendoza (argentina). combining technological innovations, the quality of the terroirs and the personality of matías, riccitelli wines represents the new argentine oenology. this is shown in wines such as this matias riccitelli mountain vineyards cabernet franc, a single varietal cabernet franc fruit of two hilly farms in the uco valley. 50% comes from finca los arbolitos in los chacayes, and the remaining 50% from finca flo in campo de los andes. the cultivation is traditional and the harvest is done manually in small boxes of 20kg in order to maintain the integrity of each grape. in the winery the bunches are destemmed and the fermentation takes place with native yeasts at a controlled temperature (26º - 28ºc) for several weeks. finally, the wine is aged in french oak barrels of different uses for 16 months. starting from the idea that to grow we must innovate no matter what they say, matias riccitelli represents the new generation of new world viticulture. this matias riccitelli mountain vineyards cabernet franc is proof of this. an aromatic, fresh and complex mountain wine that invites you to share at any time."