2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Invader’ Chenin Blanc Pet-Nat, Rio Negro, Argentina Oriol Artigas cold settling before fermentation begins

cold settling before fermentation begins

PRODUCTION NOTES: Fermented and aged in qvevri and steel

“Our biodynamic work in the vineyards gives us pleasure and enables us to vinify our wines in a natural way that reflects our terroirs and our work

Vines here are 40 to 60 years and are in organic viticulture (other parcels are being converted)

this biodynamic red hails from the Val di Noto region in southeastern Sicily

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Invader’ Chenin Blanc Pet-Nat, Rio Negro, Argentina Oriol Artigas cold settling before fermentation beginsAn irresistibly delicious sparkling wine and a cool piece of Argentinas history. In the 1950s (and before they landed in Napa), Chandon planted grapes in Argentina for the purpose of making cool climate sparkling wine; but, finding the massive, wild Patagonia region too difficult to farm, the vineyards were abandoned in favor of California. Matas has now purchased this vineyard and rehabilitated old, ungrafted Chenin Blanc vines, fulfilling their