Vistalba Cut A

VARIETY VARIETY: Malbec 67% - Cabernet Sauvignon 26% - Bonarda 7%
VINEYARDS: Finca Vistalba.
Appeal: Luján de Cuyo - Mendoza.
Sub-appeal: Vistalba.

TERROIR:
Soil of alluvial origin with an upper layer of silty clay loam composition, and then in profile it is dominated by a conglomerate with abundant presence of pebbles and covered by a layer of calcium carbonate.
Malbec from barrack N° 4 with a depth of the top layer of about 60 cm.
Bonarda from barrack N° 2 with a top layer depth of about 40 cm.
Cabernet Sauvignon from barracks N° 7 with a depth of 40 cm and greater than 40 cm.
percentage of clay than in the previous ones.
Irrigation: Surface, conducted in the row by furrow.
Height: 995 metres above sea level.
Year of implantation: Malbec 1.948 / Bonarda: 1.948 / Cabernet Sauvignon: 1.999
Type of management: Medium to low density canopy, seeking to illuminate the bunches with indirect light and protect the fruit from direct sunlight, soils with traditional tillage and allowing the coexistence of rye every other row. Sustainable management, avoiding the use of herbicides and pesticides. All three varieties are double guyot pruned.

TYPE OF MANAGEMENT:
Medium to low density canopy, seeking to illuminate the bunches with indirect light, and protect the fruit from direct solar radiation, soils with traditional tillage allowing the coexistence of rye row by row. Sustainable management, avoiding the use of herbicides and pesticides.

VINIFICATION:
Harvested in boxes of 20 kilos.
Harvest date: Malbec: End of March / Cabernet Sauvignon: Beginning of April / Bonarda:
Mid-April.
Winemaking: Traditional, fermented in cement vats, without epoxy. Cold pre-fermentative maceration for 3 days, working on the cap by pumping over and treading.
Fermentation temperature 25°C. Aged in 35 hl foudres, 500 lts. barrels and French oak casks for 18 months, 40% corresponds to new wood. Bottling date: 21st
June 2018. Keeping Potential: More than 10 years.