Moscatel Blanco

Argentina
San Juan
2022

100% Moscatel Blanco from 50year old vines. The grapes are destemmed and fermented in 2,000L concrete eggs on the skins. Maceration takes five to seven days. The wine is then drained and placed back in 1000L eggs to finish fermentation. Aged for seven months.

93 points
"The 2022 Moscatel Blanco was produced with grapes from ungrafted 50+-year-old pergola vines that fermented in concrete egg with indigenous yeasts and matured in egg for seven months. It has 13.5% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity. The nose is serious, aromatic, with herbal notes and Moscatel aromas of orange blossom and fresh grape pulp. They got the grapes riper, but the wine does not show it. They want to make a wine that develops with time, and with riper grapes, you get more aromas and flavors and achieve a fuller wine but still in balance. All whites develop some flor during their élevage. This fermented quite cloudy and the wine is not filtered, so it's a bit cloudy too. 4,000 bottles were filled in October 2022."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
Nov 30, 2022

SKU/Code: 
DB9667-22
Product Line: 
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Moscatel
Farming Type: 
Organic