Trapiche Malbec Single Vineyard

The Trapiche Malbec Single Vineyard project aims to display the extraordinary potential of Argentina's terroirs, and the country's winegrowers and their effect on Malbec, Argentina's  flagship grape variety. Each year (2005 is the third year) Trapiche's Chief Winemaker Daniel Pi and his team select three individual vineyards and vinify their grapes separately. The resulting wines are a true expression of the 'richness of diversity' which is key to all of Trapiche's endeavours.

In 2005 the three vineyards are:

VIÑA ELEODORO ACIAR Eleodoro Aciar has devoted 30 years to his vineyard in Perdriel, Luján de Coyo, where the first Malbec vines were planted. . This vineyard is at 920 meters altitude and one of its key features is its great age - 95 years. The vines are on their own rootstock.  A fine balance has been reached between the climate, the soil and the cultivation which results in sweet, delicate fruit.

VIÑA FRANCISO OLIVE Francisco Olivé is 88 and has worked on this land since he was a boy. The vineyard is at Agrelo,  Luján de Coyo. The vines here are nearly 70 years old and are ungrafted. At 1,050 meters altitude this is the highest of the three Single Vineyards. The grapes here achieve an exceptional colour.

VIÑA FAUSTO ORELLANO is in the southern Uco Valley in La Consulta, a cool area at 990 meters altitude. Fausto Orellano came from Bolivia over 25 years ago and fell in love with this beautiful place in the sight of the Andes. The vines here are a relatively (in this context) young 57 years of age, and on their own rootstocks. Wine of great balance and concentration results from the particualr combination of climate, soil and vine age.

The grapes from all three vineyards were vinified and bottled separately at the Trapiche winery. After hand-harvesting they were fermented in small concrete vats, and the wine was aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. A little over 14,000 bottles of each were produced.

TASTING NOTE

VIÑA ELEODORO ACIAR Deep red garnet colored Malbec, with sweet aromas of ripe red fruits like cherry and plum. The vanilla and toasted bread notes that result from 18 months of oak ageing, are perfectly integrated with the fruit. Sweet and ample in the mouth with soft and delicate tannins. This concentrated and impressive wine is the fruit of Eleodoro’s passion for his vines.

VIÑA FRANCISO OLIVE A very intense Malbec with purple hues, and concentrated fruit notes like blackberry and red currant and perfectly blended oak. It is a wine with an exquisite mouth, very sweet tannins and a long silky finish.
This noble wine expresses the maturity of the vineyards in each of its characteristics honouring Francisco and his wife, his lifetime partner.

VIÑA FAUSTO ORELLANA An impressive Malbec with a distinct, intense color that is deep red with purple notes. The nose has spiced notes such as thyme and clove, blended with typical aromas of dried plums. A very full bodied wine with silky tannins from 18 months of oak ageing and a long lingering finish.
The combination of soils, training system, age of the vineyard and Fausto’s special care, make of this wine one the best examples of Argentina’s Malbec.