Catena Paraje Altamira Malbec 2023

In 1804 the Napoleonic Code was established in France. Under Napoleon Bonaparte, who at the time was the country’s first consul, this text laid the foundations for the New Regime, putting an end to feudal rights and the old laws prior to the French Revolution. Issues like inheritance were regulated by requiring that land belonging to the deceased be divided equally among the heirs. As a result, many vineyards were divided into small, independent portions of land owned by the same family. Today this text, albeit with major modifications, is still in force and has influenced much of the legislation of other Western countries. This was the case in Argentina, where the same system of inheritance distribution was used, with the vineyards also divided into small properties (some of them no larger than four hectares). This tradition, which has been part of this country’s history for centuries, is captured by the Catena Zapata winery in their collection of Catena Appellation wines, which inc