Riccitelli Republica del Malbec Malbec Argentina 2018
  • Malbec
  • Vegan-Friendly
  • Dry
  • Residual Sugar: 7 g/l
  • Medium Bodied
  • 750ml
  • 14.5% alc./vol

Riccitelli Republica del Malbec Malbec Argentina 2018

Argentina
$60.00per bottle ($180.00per case)
6 bottles per case
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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

This Malbec comes from the highest area of the traditional Lujan de Cuyo, Las Compuertas. It is made with grapes coming from a single vineyard that was planted in 1927 ungrafted. The soils are alluvial, sandy and clay loamy, one meter high with a gravel and boulder subsoil that sometimes appears on the surface and where we maintain the traditional flood irrigation.

The Malbec ferments with wild yeast at a temperature between 25º to 27º C. Gentle punch down by hand occurs in order to obtain a slow extraction. Aging continues in French oak barrels and oak foudres for more than a year.

Pair this wine with outdoor grilled meats and vegetables preferably over an open flame.  

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

James Suckling

96 Points

There's real purity of blue malbec fruit with deep, dark earth and violets. You find these both on the nose and palate. It's full-bodied with tight, lightly dusty tannins that provide minerality to the whole wine. Tight at the finish. Give it time to open. Try after 2024.