Matías Riccitelli Blanco de la Casa 2023
  • Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
  • 750ml
  • 12.5% alc./vol

Matías Riccitelli Blanco de la Casa 2023

$38.95per bottle ($455.40per case)
12 bottles per case
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Mineral & Herbal

Matías Riccitelli was born in Cafayete, Salta. He identifies as a traveler and a tireless dreamer. After countless harvests throughout the world, he decided to combine everything he has learned and dedicate himself to exploring the excellent terroirs of Mendoza and the teachings of his mentor, and father, Jorge Riccitelli.

This wine represents Matías' style when it comes to white wines; working with their three most important white grapes: 40% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Sémillon and 20% Chardonnay, all of them coming from the coldest places in Valle de Uco.

The Sauvignon Blanc comes from limestone soils in Gualtallary. The Sémillon from 80-year old ungrafted vines in El Peral, in Valle de Uco, where soils are loam/clay. The Chardonnay comes from La Carrera, the highest elevation vineyard (1700 masl), with a complex soil of clay/loam with a subsoil of limestone gravel.

All three grapes are vinified separately, depending on their harvesting times. Fermentation happens at low temperatures with indigenous yeasts. There is also some skin contact fermentation in amphorae, concrete eggs and French foûdres. All wines age exactly where they ferment: in amphorae with the skins, over its lees in concrete eggs and in French foûdres for eight months. In the meantime, 15% of the wine is aged under flor.

The wine shows complex aromas of green apple, hay and herbaceous notes that are underpinned by a remarkable minerality. Textured and full flavoured with a wonderful fluency and a rich energy on the finish.

Pair this wine with white meats or roasted vegetables.

Press Reviews

Wine Align

92 points - John Szabo, MS

Lovely, aromatic blend of 40% sauvignon blanc from Gualtallary, 40% Semillon from El Peral, and 20% chardonnay from La Carrera, fermented and aged in a mix of concrete eggs, clay amphora and large oak foudres, with a definitive open and oxidative edge complete with a touch of fino-like aldehydes, nutty and floral, indeed highly perfumed, like an herbal-floral eau de cologne. The palate is bone dry and crisp, lively at just 12.5% alcohol, with good length. I like the crispness and wild perfume here, such a unique and unusual expression from Argentina, which surely has no equivalent. After that, the liking is up to you, but this is good wine. Tasted May 2025.

91 points - Michael Godel

An Uco Valley triple threat of 40 percent each sauvignon blanc and sémillon with (20) chardonnay. Sources are Gualtallary, 80-year old ungrafted vines in El Peraland La Carrera, the highest elevation vineyard at 1700m. Imagine the child of white Graves and Mâcon - that might lean your thoughts towards this Mendoza’s direction or give a sense of what’s in the glass. A mix of smoulder from lightly toasted wood, bites into orchard fruit and a citrus component neither specific nor gratuitous. A highly intelligent acumen begets a creative white that can’t be pigeonholed into any fully defined genre. Impressive and lengthy, in the end. Drink 2025-2028. Tasted May 2025.