TIERRA DIVINA 2015 Malbec Old Vine
Valle de Uco, Argentina
VINEYARD
Tierra Divina is sourced from two specific vineyard sites both located in the Valle de Uco at the foothills of the Andes Mountains. The elevations of both of these vineyard sites are over 1,000 meters and have gravelly sand/loam over alluvial boulders. The vines are all about 60 years old and produce approximately 2 tons per acre.
CELLAR
The fruit is allowed to macerate for two to four days until natural fermentation begins (no yeast or SO2 ever added) in small, traditional epoxy-lined concrete fermenters. It is then pumped over through an oxidating screen. The fermented juice is then shipped in food grade containers up the cool Pacific, stored below the waterline to keep it cool and minimize rocking, to his winery in Graton, California for barrel aging. This reduces the carbon footprint, by not shipping the weight and bulk of cases and bottles, in addition to giving Patrick the ability to keep a closer eye on the aging process. Tierra Divina is aged for about 10 months in French and European oak barrels (about 25% new). Minimal fining with egg whites if necessary and then polish filtered.
TDV – Tierra Divina Malbec – Label