Outstanding. The 2020 vintage is one for the record books for two reasons. First, due to Covid requirements, all vineyard and winery teams had to exercise social distancing which resulted in longer hours, extra effort and utilization of protective measures. Great work to all vineyard and wine making teams! Second, the concentration and quality of
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Excellent. The 2019 growing season began with a cool, rainy spring, with temperatures lower than normal. Our vineyard in Los Chacayes experienced 5.65 inches of rain in October and November, which is about 65 percent of the yearly annual rainfall! During October and the early days of November, there were three episodes of intense Zonda
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Outstanding The 2018 harvest was arguably one of the best in recent years. We experienced a very warm growing season with some late season rainfall which modestly delayed the harvest. Our fruit was incredibly ripe, healthy and all varietals were harvested about 1 week early. Relative to the last formidable growing seasons (2013 and 2017)
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Outstanding The growing season got off to a slow start, with late frosts in October and November, which naturally decreased yields while increasing quality. The growing season improved tremendously starting in December with warm temperatures and very little rain. Weather during harvest was uneventful. The combination of naturally reduced yields and the excellent growing season,
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Very Good A European like character in wines is the result of a cool and rainy year. Spring in Mendoza felt more like London or Seattle, not the warm and dry weather we normally expect. By the crucial months of February and March, the El Niño rains slowed and enabled an efficient harvest. The harvest
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Very Good A tricky growing season led to overall lower yields. Our fruit showed balanced development during the warm spring and hot early summer. But the rains came in February and March, which required intensive canopy topping and leaf thinning to increase ventilation. Continued wet weather in April required extreme selectivity during harvest. Malbec is
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Very Good The coolest harvest year since 2001, the 2014 vintage had pronounced regional contrasts. Abundant snowmelt (the Andes could be seen covered in snow throughout most of the harvest season). We had an early frost and unusually cool weather in February, March and April, delaying harvest by one to two weeks, while producing average
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Outstanding After three years of low yields, 2013 brought us an average crop size of exceptional quality. Temperatures were generally cooler throughout summer and especially in early fall, leading to a perfect balance of unusually high natural acidity (lower pH’s) with moderate to elevated sugar/alcohol levels. Nights were abnormally cool and our harvest was 7
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Excellent Cooler nights than typical, and dry weather in February, March and April created natural acid retention and excellent wines. We had a wonderful combination of medium alcohol levels, high natural acidity and concentrated anthocyanins (color) and tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon was a standout. Malbec has proven to be very well balanced and approachable. Overall reds
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Excellent The 2011 growing season was the coolest in the previous decade, delaying the maturation of the grapes. Ripeness was finally achieved 3 weeks later normal. Weather during harvest was very dry, delivering healthy fruit in great condition. Lower yields led to a greater concentration of color and strong tannins that will enable above average
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