Fausto Malbec-Cabernet Franc (4 botellas x 750 cc)

This wine is a tribute to Faustito, our guardian angel. A spirit that is reborn every time you drink in his name.

Varietals: 50% Malbec / 50% Cabernet Franc

Harvest date: Cabernet Franc: 2nd week of April - Malbec: last week of March

Alcohol: 14.9% vol

Acidity / ph: 6.20g/l; 3.6

VINEYARDS

100% Uco Valley. Trained on a trellis and with a bilateral pitonized cord type pruning system.

FLOORS

Soils of medium to low depth and sandy loam texture.

FERMENTATION

CABERNET FRANC in concrete tanks with pre-fermentation maceration, hat work with trampling, pump-overs and delestages. Total maceration time of 24 days.

MALBEC in stainless steel tanks and concrete basins, pre-fermentation maceration for 48 hours, total maceration for 21 days, with fermentation temperatures up to 28°C.

BREEDING

Aged in 70% French and 30% American oak barrels for 12 months. 60% new barrels.

TASTING NOTES

Intense color and complex aromas where the spicy descriptors of Cabernet Franc are combined with the ripe red fruit of Malbec and the aromas from aging in barrels.

In the mouth it has great volume, sweet and full-bodied tannins with a long and pleasant finish.