Technical Data Malbec 2011

VINAS PACO PILON

Wine components:
  • Malbec             100%

  • Harvested from grapes grown at the Cuadro Benegas locale, San Rafael department, province of Mendoza, Argentina at about 3,280 ft above sea level.


Production notes:
  • The harvesting time was decided based on analytical controls and grape tasting at the vineyard
  • Manual harvesting in plastic boxes
  • Manual selection, de-stemming, crush and gravity flow to stainless steel tanks
  • Fermentation with selected yeasts at controlled temperature
  • Post fermentation maceration to taste
  • Light pressing of pomace
  • Spontaneous malolactic transformation
  • 8 to 10 month subtle aging with high quality French Oak
  • Auto clarifying racking during aging 
  • Natural stabilization
  • Estate bottled
 
Wine notes:
  • Alcohol            15,35 % v/v
  • Residual sugar        0,25 g/l (glucose+fructose)
  • Total acidity             4,9 g/l (tartaric acid)
  • pH                3,88
  • Volatile acidity            0,65 g/l (acetic acid)

Tasting notes:
  • Attractive and bright color with purple hues.
  • Complex to the nose with intense red fruit and flower aromas in perfect harmony with the vanilla and toast notes provided by the oak.
  • A straight forward wine with a good mouth feel, with an easy drinkable concentration; fresh and with a long finish.

Pairing:
  • Grilled meats, fresh and dry pastas with light sauces, different styles of rice like paellas and risottos, aged cheese.

8 to 10 month  aging with high quality French Oak.