Description

Enrique Foster
Field Blend

Field Blend is designed by Mauricio Lorca with the idea of making a  co-fermentation of selected parcels from our vineyards in
Vista Flores to show the characteristics of our most emblematic varieties.

 

Blend:

• • Malbec 50%
  • Cabernet Sauvignon 25%
  • Cabernet Franc 25%

DO: It does not have a denomination of origin. The grapes come from our vineyards located in Vista Flores, in the Uco Valley

• • Color: Deep red with violet hues
  • Alcohol: 14.5
  • pH / acidity: 3.7 / 5.12g / l
  • Residual sugar: 2.03 g / l

Characteristics of the vineyards (age, soils, etc.):

• • The vineyards are located in Vista Flores, Tunuyán, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina – 100 km south of the city of Mendoza.
  • They were planted in 1998, the conduction system is high trellis, with a density of 5,500 plants per hectare.
  • It is irrigated by drip system, water is obtained from water well and on-duty water, coming from the melting of the Andes Mountains.
  • The soil is homogeneous, deep, permeable. It has a sandy loam composition, with presence of stones at 2 meters deep.
  • The vineyard is at 1,050 meters above sea level.
  • As for the climate in the area, it shows a wide range of temperature that oscillates between 20º and 25º C between day and night. Great Great sun exposure. Average temperatures cooler than in other parts of Valle de Uco.

Aging:

• • 12 months in French and American oak barrels.
  • Then stored for 12 months in bottle before going on the market.
  • The wine was bottles on December 2019

 

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