Riccitelli & Father

Riccitelli and Father arise after the joint work of Matias and his father Jorge Riccitelli. Matias and Jorge were seeking to enhance old vines Malbec of traditional areas with that same intensity that Cabernet Franc develops in our mountainous soils.

80% Malbec planted in 1927 from ungrafted vines in Las Compuertas, Lujan de Cuyo, over alluvial soil with 20% of Cabernet Franc coming from a vineyard in Chacayes, Uco Valley.

For its vinification we use only a little amount of whole bunches and the rest are destemmed. They get into get into small French oak vats. Fermentation goes on with wild yeast at a temperature from 26º to 28º C. During several weeks we carry out a gentle punch down with our hands in order to obtain a slow extraction. Aging continues in Foudres of 2000 litres for more than a year.