"The Precioso line celebrates the precision, concentration, and intensity of our very premium Micro Terroirs."

Finca Ambrosia Precioso Malbec is a classic Malbec expression with great fruit depth and spicy complexity from the 18 months of oak ageing. It delivers many layers of black fruit jam, spices, toast, chocolate and tobacco on the palate, lingering in a beautiful long, savoury finish. This complex and expressive wine is an excellent example of a modern style of Malbec, with bright acidity and a chalky textural palate.

About the Producer

In 2002 a group of 11 friends from 7 different countries decided to create a vineyard. They ended up in Argentina and what started as fun amongst friends has become Finca Ambrosia – a fine wine business with a growing reputation for its high-altitude wines.

Finca Ambrosia is the story of Argentinian’s wine revolution over the last 20 years where it has moved from big Malbecs to terroir driven fine wines. This revolution started 100kms south of Mendoza City in the Uco Valley, which is only 70km long and 40kms wide. The Andes give the Uco Valley its 2 critical attributes: alluvial soils with high quality and varied terroir and altitude which is unique to Argentina, enabling good acidity and luxurious tannins.

The friends bought land at 1250m in the sub-district of Gualtallary in the Uco Valley’s northern district of Tupungato. At the time the only neighbours were Zapata Catena’s now world-famous Adrianna vineyard and one other producer. Gualtallary’s terroir has a limestone concentration giving its wines minerality and is considered one of South America’s top terroirs for premium wines.

Finca Ambrosia produces the highest quality malbec, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and cabernet franc gapes from its 59ha and is 1 of only 3 artisanal producers in Gualtallary.

Since first harvest, Finca Ambrosia’s high-quality fruit was in demand from Argentina’s top wineries such as and Trapiche, Altos Los Hormegas and Vina Cobos. In 2010 renowned Argentinian winemaker Daniel Pi was engaged to make wine for the owners, paying him with bottles of the wine. One such bottle came to the attention of Robert Parker in 2012 who awarded it 95 points – an outstanding score for a first vintage!

Daniel Pi remains a key member of the team which has also been supported by Chile’s famous ‘terroirista’ Pedro Parra. Finca Ambrosia now has its own brand and style of interpretation of Gualtallary’s terroir. It has a growing reputation in Argentina and internationally where the soil, natural environment and team’s artisanal work are seen in its wine’s freshness, elegance and fruit purity.

This wine is made from grapes grown in limestone soil, which is mixed with quaternary gravels and sand due to wind erosion. The vineyard is located 1,250 meters or 4,150 feet above sea level. The vines have an average yield of 5,000 kg/ha or 2 tons/acre, resulting in exceptional quality wines. Despite Covid challenges and a climate of extreme drought, 2020 vintage led to outstanding quality grapes. As a result of the accumulated extremely dry conditions, rainfall decreased by 20% compared to the previous season, and river flows were 50% lower than average. The 2020 summer was warm and cooled off by the end of February, leading to a very early harvest. Beautifully concentrated wines with expressive aromatics and high vibrant acidity followed, predicting maybe one of the best vintages in recent history.

The Malbec grapes are fermented in concrete vats before also being ageing for 18 months in new and used Oak Barrels. 9 months aging in the bottle completes the maturation before it is released to the trade.