Matias Riccitelli Cabernet Sauvignon Gualtallary Valle de Uco 2018
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Vegan-Friendly
  • Dry
  • Residual Sugar: 2 g/l
  • Full Bodied
  • 750ml
  • 14.00% alc./vol

Matias Riccitelli Cabernet Sauvignon Gualtallary Valle de Uco 2018

Mendoza, Argentina
$34.95per bottle ($209.70per case)
6 bottles per case
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Lush & Herbal

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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.

The Winery is settled in the heart of Vistalba, in the region of Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza. Today Riccitelli Wines manages 20 hectares, divided in three different vineyards at the foot of the Andes Mountains. Most of these vineyards were planted at beginning of 20th century.

A wine deeply influenced by the environment provided by the nearby mountain range, opening up with aromas of cassis and sweet and savoury dried herbs, as well as a bit of dried tobacco on the nose. Full-bodied on the palate with lush tannins that bloom with each sip and polished acidity that carries the ripe fruit into the finish. 

Pair this full style red with a hearty meat-based dishes to enhance the plush texture of this wine.  

About the Winery

Matías Riccitelli

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.

Matías started his boutique winery in 2009, located in Las Compuertas at 1100 meters above sea level. It is the highest area of Lujan de Cuyo, and here he tends 20 hectares of ungrafted old vineyards. Matías also works with small, independent growers that own their lands at the bottom of the Andes halfway between 1000 and 1700 meters above sea level - in Gualtallary, Chacayes, Altamira and La Carrera.

All harvests are conducted by hand and fermentation takes place in small concrete vats and concrete eggs. Purity and delicacy in winemaking are prized by Matías and great care is taken in preserving the fruit’s singularity in order to obtain vibrant wines.

Press Reviews

Descorchados

96 Points - Patricio Tapia

Los Chacayes usually produces wines that are intense in tannins with lots of rough texture, although in this case it's not. Riccitelli has taken great care in the extraction of those tannins in the cellar, macerating gently and obtaining a wine that's delicious in its expression of a mountain red, with its herbal aromas and the red fruits that explode here with a delicious intensity. On the palate it has that nervy smoothness built of firm, juicy, and electric tannins in a cabernet that shines with intensity and refreshes at every stage.