Manos Negras Torrontes 2023
Type: White
Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza, Uco Valley
Grape Variety: 100% Torrontes
Alcohol Percentage: 13%
Viticulture: Certified Organic | Vegan Friendly
Climate: Warm sunny days with cool mountain nights
Terroir: Torrontés is the signature white grape from Argentina. The high altitude and northerly latitude of Cafayate in Salta provide the ideal conditions for this once minor Spanish grape to flourish as nowhere else in the world
Ageing: Fermented in concrete for 10 days, with no malolactic fermentation and no oak ageing
Color: Light yellow
Nose: Explosive floral aromas
Palate: Citrus fruit flavours and a crisp, clean finish
About the Winery:
Manos Negras focuses on latitude winemaking, planting Torrontes in the northern stretches of Cadayate in Salta, Pinot Noir in the southern-most region of Neuquen in Patagonia and cultivates 50 year-old Malbec vines in the prized Altamira appellation in the Uco Valley.
Manos Negras mean “black hands” and refer to the fact that “real winemakers” get their hands dirty (and dark) in making wine. The winery was founded in 2010 by friends Jeff Mausbach and Alejandro Sejanovich. Both of them had worked together for over 25 years.
Their story began at the famous Bodega Catena Zapata where Alejandro Sejanovich and Jeff Mausbach worked together for many years. Jeff is an American-born sommelier and Alejandro Sejanovich is a viticulturist who is now considered one of the most knowledgeable experts on the terroir of South America today. In fact, Alejandro was the man responsible for some groundbreaking research on the Mendoza Malbec clones leading to his pioneering work in high-altitude vineyard plantings.
The winery only uses wild yeast strains for fermentation, with the whites being produced with no malolactic fermentation or oak influence. The Reds are aged in old French oak, with a very small proportion of new oak. Both red and white undergo cold maceration and cold fermentation.
