2021 Pacheco Pereda, `Estirpe` Organic Fairtrade Cabernet Franc
£15.00
“The appearance of two different Cabernet Franc wines in our Best In Show selection this year underscores the seriousness with which this variety is now being regarded away from its Bordeaux and Loire Valley heartlands. This Value Best In Show version from Agrelo in Lujan de Cuyo delivers, as you’d expect, extravagant fruit pleasure. It’s dark black-red in colour, with warm, sweetly pippy scents bubbling from the glass. In the mouth, it’s a smooth flood of soft, vibrant raspberry and damson fruits which, despite the gentleness of both its acidity and its tannins, still contrives to give the drinker a sense of texture, amplitude — and satisfaction. A sense of gravity, too, lifts those fruit flavours well clear of simplicity: another Franc hallmark? You decide.”
97 Points, Best In Show (Value), Decanter World Wine Awards
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Product Description
In 2010 Pacheco Pereda was founded in Mendoza by Alejandro Bulgheroni with the aim of developing sustainable viticulture in Argentina. This vision has resulted in one of Argentina’s largest organic-certified vineyard holdings. The name ‘Pacheco Pereda’ nods to 20th-century migrant families who arrived in Argentina to establish farms before industrial agriculture existed here.
‘Estirpe’ is the name of parcel 31, located in the Alto Agrelo vineyard, situated around 1,200 metres above sea level in Luján de Cuyo. There are a total of 231 hectares of organic vineyards planted here, of which 10 are used to produce this Cabernet Franc. An additional 22 hectares planted in Finca Ugarteche, next to Finca Alto Agrelo are also used. The soil is a mix of clay and sand, and the vines are grown using a vertical shoot position trellis system (VSP).
Additional Information
| ABV | 14% |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | Bottle 75cl |
| Colour | Red |
| Country | Argentina |
| Critic Score | 97/100 |
| Drink until | 2028 |
| Style | Still |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
