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Product Name: La Posta del Viñatero Bonarda Armando Vineyard 2003

Varietal Composition: 100% Bonarda

Vineyard Location: Buena Nueva, Guaymallen (Mendoza)

Vineyard Elevation: 2,300 feet

Age of Vines: 41 years

Rootstock: Ungrafted

Harvest Method: Hand-harvested

Press Wine?: None—Free-run only

Oak Regimen: 12 months in 60% 1-year-old French and 40% 1-year-old American barriques

Fining: None

Filtration: None

Alcohol: 13.5%

pH: 3.57

T.A. 5.85

Total Case Production: 1900 cases

 

Tasting Notes/Food Pairing Suggestions
Intense ruby/purple color with bright aromas of fresh raspberries and subtle smoky oak notes. The flavor of freshly-crushed raspberries is echoed on the palate, along with notes of white pepper, dark chocolate, and a touch of oak. Though quite rich and hedonistic, the seamless structure of this wine makes it a candidate for drinking in its youth or over the next few years (if you can wait that long). It will pair well with just about any foods you would drink Zinfandel or other fruit-driven reds with.

About the Grower/Vineyard
Estela Armando’s family has been growing grapes in Mendoza since 1887, one year after their arrival from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. Estela’s great-grandfather started the family wine business by growing grapes and making wine, and then taking it by mule train in leather wine bags to sell to the workers building the Trans-Andean railroad. The present Bonarda vineyard was planted by her grandfather and father in 1963. The combination of a unique place, old vines, and very little irrigation creates grapes of unusually high quality.

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