2025 El Montañista Corte de Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Marco Ferrari keeping the fruit for himself

keeping the fruit for himself and launching the winery with a very

All of the grapes are picked together and co-fermented whole cluster

This wine comes from vines  located in the top third

After macerating on the skins until dry

The Thörnicher is the “village-level” bottling

2025 El Montañista Corte de Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Marco Ferrari keeping the fruit for himselfCriolla Chica (aka Listn Prieto or Pas), Criolla Grande, Cereza, Canela, and Moscatel Tinto from the 80 year old Paraje Hilario vineyard, planted on quartz rich colluvial rocks at 1500m in the foothills of the Andes mountains. The grapes were hand harvested and the Criolla Chica was left whole cluster, while 70 75% of the grapes of the other were destemmed. All were crushed by foot and macerated on their skins for the duration of fermentation in