2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Stein lively fruit buttressed by firm

lively fruit buttressed by firm minerality and a dusty spice element

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Aged in barrel for 12 months

taut and lifted through the finish

2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Stein lively fruit buttressed by firmOld Italian varieties: Barbera, Bonarda, Greco Nero, Rabosso Veronese, Cardin, and Freisa. From 80 year old vines in the Paraje Hilario at 1500m elevation in the foothills of the Andes. The soils are quartz rich colluvium a mix of rock types and sediments deposited from the mountains above. The grapes were harvested by hand in 15kg baskets, then crushed in the same baskets before depositing with the whole clusters in concrete, where they fermented