Malbec - Argentino 2022 - Catena Zapata

If you are a host who likes to surprise their guests and tasting companions with stories and fun facts about wines,Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino is perfect for you! If this winery’s 100 years of history could be summed up in one wine, it would be Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino, a house classic that remembers its entire journey and pays tribute to its protagonists. As well as Nicolás Catena’s grandfather and father, Nicasia (Nicolás’ grandmother) and his mother Angélica also played an undoubtedly important role and their names have now been given to two of the house’s most important vineyards. These vineyards, located in the regions of San Carlos and Maipu respectively (in Mendoza, Argentina), grow the Malbec used to make Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino. Both areas have shallow soils, full of gravel and clays, and lie between 900 and 1,100 metres above sea level. Here the vines and plants come from a massal selection of pre-phylloxera vines, which are harvested on various dates (depen