2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Lapo Berti is aged in 20% new

is aged in 20% new 228-liter barrels

Fruit is hand-harvested

high-elevation site on volcanic basalt with marine sediment overlay

“Tio Alejandro” was not part of the Aragón family

with batonnage for the first month

2022 Matías Riccitelli ‘Viejos Viñedos’ Malbec, Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina Lapo Berti is aged in 20% newA powerful, high thread count Malbec from centenarian vines. The Malbec in our club wines is a lithe, perception bending take on the grape. But, Matas is also exceptional at making refined versions of the more classic, full bodied Argentinian Malbec. This cuve is from centenarian+ vines (the oldest were planted in 1908), grown at a soaring 1100 meters. Destemmed and fermented with a long, gently extraction in small concrete vats; and aged in French