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Brilliant intense red color with the typical violet hues of the Malbec. Ripe fruit notes appear such as strawberries and plums. After this, the flower notes emerge, especially violets which are typical of the coldest regions of Uco Valley. Powerful wine of round and marked tannins of great character, excellent balance and long persistence in the palate. The ageing in wood grants the necessary silkiness to put together all the range of descriptors that the wine has developed during fermentation, including the tobacco and the raw leather.
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94 pts James Suckling Feb 2024
Spiced and racy malbec with ripe dark and blue fruit, as well as notes of cooking spices and charred bark. Rich and succulent, with a full body and compact tannins. Layered and complex, with a deep core of fruit in the middle. Long and intense. Drink or hold.
In 2010, Bodega Benegas acquires Finca La Encerrada, located in Gualtallary, Tupungato in Uco Valley at 1400 meters above sea level. Finca La Encerrada is among of Mendoza’s 1% of highest vineyards.
It is in the authentic Appellation of Origin Gualtallary, the street name that went up to a Monastery. Today, the name was “expanded” to include other vineyards that are far away from the original Gualtallary. As the Appellation of Origin was broaden, Patricio Tapia (Descorchados, Wine & Spirits) speaks of the original area as “Gualtallary Monasterio”, considered Uco Valley’s “diamond”.
Finca La Encerrada has 40 hectares of planted vineyards under drip irrigation.
The water runs 170 meters deep in these poor, mostly calcareous soils, with rocky and sandy spots. The varieties are harvested by soil type and are vinified separately. The result is a luscious Malbec blend.
Made only with the best grapes, from selected plots and with low yields per hectare.
Aged in new French oak barrels for 18 months.
Malbec from Finca La Encerrada in Uco Valley of Mendoza. These are unique wines, of limited production and elaborated only during the best harvests. At 1450 mts above the sea level.
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