Winery

Pietro Marini - Malbec Rosado

  • Region: Cafayate, Salta
  • Varietal: Malbec

Tasting Notes: Bright, lively and very elegant salmon dimmed color.  In the nose, we find fragrances of red and white fruits as cherry, morello cherry and peach. In the mouth, it is of refreshing input with a sweet touch and good persistence. Excellent acidity, elegant, agile and easy to drink.

 

Wine making process: Prior crushing, grapes were hand sorted.  Slow alcoholic fermentation. Fermentation at low controlled temperature (20ºC) produced by selected yeasts. Extended Maceration (25 to 30 days) and 100% of the juice went through malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tank.

 

Service Temperature: 14ºC to 16º C

 

Varietal Composition: 100 % Malbec

 

Alcohol Volume: 13,95%  Total Acidity: 6,93 g/l  Volatile acidity: 0,54 g/l  Sugar Content: 1,85 g/l  Extract: 22,70 g/l

 

Vineyard Yield: 7 tons per hectare.  Vineyard Conduction System: espalier.  Irrigation system: drip irrigation.

 

Harvest: grapes were hand harvested in small bins of 20 kgs.  Harvested on March April

 

Vineyard Location: CAFAYATE, ALTO VALLE CALCHAQUI, SALTA,

 

FAR NW ARGENTINA, Own 15 years old vineyards at 5900 feet above sea level.