> 2007 Tierra Divina Old Vine Malbec Valle de Uco
2007 Tierra Divina Old Vine Malbec Valle de Uco |
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 TIERRA DIVINA 2007
Why do so few wine labels these days reflect the origin of the wines? Maybe it's just that international-style wines have little to do with terroir. Who knows? Anyway, we are going back to our roots, and here’s the result. Mendoza is divided into two distinct growing regions: Luján in the north, and the Valle de Uco in the south. As you progress south from Luján the landscape becomes sparser, the soil rockier, and the wines more intense. While we farm vineyards in both appellations, we have developed a particular fondness for the remote southern reaches of the Valle de Uco.
Some 120 kms south of the city of Mendoza, the vines simply run out of soil. From here, the high plains extend, unplanted, down to Patagonia. On this margin lies our San Carlos vineyard, which grows amazingly deep and dark fruit, powerful, and structured. Just twelve kms north of here is our La Consulta vineyard, the source of a softer and rounder, complex wine. Both vineyards are situated close to the base of the Andes, at 1000 meters of elevation. Both have thin reddish soils underlain by deep channels of alluvial stones, and both were planted in the 1930s with the low yielding small leaf clone of malbec.
Tierra Divina is an expression of the Valle de Uco: very dark; deeply fruited with ripe, dense plum and cassis fruit; complex and fragrant and exotic, with a beautiful long finish. And like the best malbecs, its power is tempered by a haunting lightness in the mouth.
Release date: October 1, 2008
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