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Wine Information
This wine was created to fulfil a "Great Argentinian Cru" dominated by the so called Malbec "Gran Corte".
Blend: 60% Malbec, 20% Syrah, 20% Cabernet Franc
Location: Vista Flores, Valle de Uco, Mendoza
Soil type: Granite stones, sand and gravel from the Andes
Plantation density: Yield 5 500 vines/ha- 6oookg/ha
Vineyard: Sustainable precision viticulture. Vines are managed in Guyot system with drip irrigation.
Harvest: Grapes are handpicking during April then, in the cellar we realize a selection of berries before and after destemming. Each harvest is handpicked, hand selected, and then fermented with high quality requirements in the most modern equipment. Each harvest is manual, selected and fermented with utmost care, modern technology and traditional methods.
Winemaking: Filling of the grapes into tanks by gravity. Traditional vinification with diary pumping over in stainless tanks. Spontaneous Malo-lactic fermentation into new French oak barrels and tanks.
Ageing: 100% in new French oak barrels for 18 months.
Background:
The winery (or bodega) called FLECHAS DE LOS ANDES was born from the partnership between Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and Laurent Dassault, as the result of their research of a great terroir at the foot of the Andes in the Mendoza region.
The name “Flechas de los Andes” or “Andes arrows” refers to the 5 arrows, symbol of the Rothschild family (symbolizing the five brothers at the origin of this dynasty of entrepreneurs).
Both families Rothschild and Dassault are aiming to produce a wine of excellence.
