Matias Riccitelli Garnacha “Invader” 2024 750ml

• 100% Garnacha.
• Sourced from a high-altitude vineyard in the Uco Valley planted on calcareous soils.
• Hand harvested and hand sorted.
• 50% whole cluster and 50% de-stemmed crush.
• Gravity fed into small concrete vats for native fermentation.
• Gentle punch downs for slow extraction.
• Aged for 10 months in small concrete vessels.

• Country: Argentina
• Region: Cuyo
• Appellation: Mendoza
• Sub Appellation: Uco Valley
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red
• Alcohol by Vol: 13.0%

Varietal

Grenache

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn’t uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.