Proyecto Las Compuertas Charbono

Proyecto Las Compuertas is the Durigutti brothers' project to protect the heritage vineyards of Las Compuertas, the coolest corner of Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. Since 2007 they have restored 34 hectares of historic vines, named Finca Victoria after their mother.

Charbono (known in Argentina as Bonarda), the first planted in the Las Compuertas GI, grown on deep stony loam soils. Fleshy, tasty and velvety.

Tasting notes

Attractive, fresh and subtle, with good natural acidity, floral notes and red fruit. Subtle spice on the palate, good body, round tannins and balanced acidity.

Winemaking

Vineyard at 1,050 m, planted in 2016 and organically farmed. Hand-picked and optically sorted, fermented with native yeasts in uncoated concrete eggs, with malolactic fermentation and 8 months of aging in the same eggs. Alcohol 13%. 5,250 bottles. Serve at 15–18 °C. Winemakers Héctor and Pablo Durigutti.