ALMA NEGRA (par/by Ernesto Catena)
M Blend
2021
About this winery
Alma Negra was founded by Ernesto Catena, a 4th generation winemaker of Italian descent who, having spent a part of his life working as a designer and being a fervent student of Renaissance humanism, sees it as his mission to transform everything in his wine world into art, from growing the grapes to making wine to selling it. From the beginning, Ernesto searched for people with a strong creative drive to make sure that the right values stood at the core of the company. Teamwork is at the...
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Product notes
Production area: Tunuyan, Vistaflores, Finca Nakbe Vineyard, Rivadavia and La Vendimia Vineyard. Loamy-clay and loamy-sandy soils. Elevation: 2400 - 3600 feet.
Production notes
Alma Negra means "black soul" because the color of the wines from Bonarda is deep and intense. Ernesto wanted to create a wine about which little is known regarding composition or technical details, so the wine is judged solely on perception. The first vintage of this wine, launched in 2006, was called Misterio, and the label symbolized a hidden identity or mystery.
Tasting notes
Dense, dark and rich with an intriguing untamed wildness, develops aromas of dark fruits, coffee, graphite and petrichor--that wonderful earthy smell that happens when the raindrops hit the ground. On the palate it flows smoothly with full round tannins and lingers for a long time with echoes of dark ripe fruit and warm espresso.