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| Grape | Malbec |
| Style | Dry, Red, Full Bodied, Smooth, Black Fruit, Mocha, Spice, Elegant, Oak Aging, |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Valle de Canota, Mendoza |
| Volume | 75cl |
| ABV | 14% |
| Dietary | Vegetarian, Vegan, Sustainable |
Discover the raw intensity of Canota Valley in this distinctive Malbec. Matervini captures the region's fierce character through subtle minerality and jarilla notes, delivering a wine with a vertical, austere structure and refreshing finish that defines this emerging terroir. This bold expression shines alongside lean cuts—flank, sirloin, and skirt steak—while proving equally versatile with chicken, lamb, and pork. A true reflection of its origin, this Malbec invites you to explore a new dimension of Argentine winemaking.
Winner – Wine Merchant Magazine Top 100 Competition 2023 (2017 vintage)
95 points – Outstanding in Decanter Magazine May 2024 (2017 vintage)
About the Producer
Matervini is the new wine adventure of Santiago Achával and Roberto Cipresso.
It was born in 2008, in an attempt to answer the question “what’s next after Malbec?” Our answer was, “More Malbec! From different places, with different personalities.” This venture shows how very different wines from completely different terroirs can be born from the same grape variety. Matervini travels the long path that goes from traditional to unexplored areas, from young to old geologies and from alluvial to non-alluvial soil structures - like those of the Pre-cordillera. All along this road, wines with unique personalities emerge as different expressions of nature.
Producing only 40,000 bottles across all of their wines, the journey is one of exploration and testing the boundaries of what can be achieved, growing grapes in both traditional and new areas, on old and ‘new’ geological platforms, soils from 40 to 450 million years old. Matervini’s base is Los Chacayes in the Uco Valley, nudged up against the Pre-Cordillera of the Andes,
but winemaking takes the team to a wide variety of locations. Sustainability is very important here too, and Matervini is a pioneer in using only renewable energy sources; all organic waste is composted and returned to the vineyards; all electricity and heat is generated by solar panels.
Vineyard and Winery
This wine is the result of experimentation with older, original, non-alluvial geological areas. In Canota Valley, between 3400 and 4000 feet above sea level, the vineyard is irrigated with spring water. It is 100% Malbec
Hand-picked, destemmed, lightly crushed fermentation: In cement tank with epoxy of 6500 liters, for 7 days, at a maximum of 34 ° C and a minimum of 30 from day 2.
Yeast: Laffort F33. Malolactic Fermentation: complete, in barrel - spontaneous. Maceration: no cold or post fermentation maceration. No use of enzymes or sulphites when grinding. Intensive open traces, up to 12 hours per day.
15 months in French oak (Boutes) of 225 liters and 160 liters (40% New - 60% Second use).
At least 15 months pass over fine erasures. Bottled without filtration or clarification.
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