Monteagrelo Cabernet Franc

Monteagrelo Cabernet Franc

Region
Mendoza, Argentina
Vintage:
2020
Producer:
Bodega Bressia
Grapes:
Cabernet Franc
Wine Description:

From grapes grown at an altitude of over 3000ft with 12 months spent in oak. Stalky red berry, cherry and blackcurrant fruit with subtle oak.

Tasting Note:

The nose on this wine is like stepping out from Walter's old Mercedes into this high mountain vineyard - full of dusty mountain air purity and speaks volumes about Uco Valley. The leafy graphite nose follows through on to the palate with a firm, posh, proper, pencilly, fruit of cassis, crushed rocks and sour cherry. A stunning wine, intense, concentrated and fine with great varietal typicity.

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Food Suggestion:

Serve with a juicy steak and chips, or delicious with a mutton curry.

Vegetarian, Vegan

Press Reviews:

2015 Vintage
Decanter World Wine Awards 2017
Bronze

Producer Description

There’s something very special going on down a dusty track in one of the farther-flung out posts of Mendoza. A winemaker for years (‘for other people...’ as he puts it), Walter Bressia has spent decades quietly accruing relationships with growers and has emerged with an eclectic portfolio from six sites that, he believes, represents the very best of the region.

Walter Bressia and son Walter Jnr, are crafting their own very compelling expressions of the region and these are intensely personal wines. There’s a kind of secrecy to their source, you can visit the vineyards and they are indeed impressive, gnarly old things, beautifully tended, but there is alchemy back at the bodega. Walter’s fabulous finds have been spun into wines of depth and character. Production isn't huge but the quality and personality of the wines are.