2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Stein Brix 'Audire' Kick on Ranch

Brix 'Audire' Kick on Ranch Vineyard Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County

planted from massale selection 60-70 years ago

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The juice was chilled and oxidised in tank for 24 hours and then racked to a two 500L barrels and a 220L Wine Globe (a barrel sized glass demijohn) for fermentation by indigenous yeasts without SO2

Aged in barrel for 12 months

2024 El Montanista Viejas Tintas, Calingasta Valley, Argentina Stein Brix 'Audire' Kick on RanchOld Italian varieties: Barbera, Bonarda, Greco Nero, Rabosso Veronese, Cardin, and Freisa. From 80 year old vines in the Paraje Hilario at 1500m elevation in the foothills of the Andes. The soils are quartz rich colluvium a mix of rock types and sediments deposited from the mountains above. The grapes were harvested by hand in 15kg baskets, then crushed in the same baskets before depositing with the whole clusters in concrete, where they fermented