Escala Humana

Escala Humana Wines was founded in 2015 by Ayelén and Germán Massera, who are also a couple. Germán started making wines in 2003 while majoring in Oenology and Winemaking in Mendoza, and has worked with Matías Michelini since 2016.
The wines made by Escala Humana are a sensitive interpretation of the terroir: the soil, the climate, the topography, the vines and the culture of the people who create an environment of their own. Throughout this subjective, singular and genuine interpretation, Escala Humana creates wines with a sense of origin, and every bottle has its raison d'être.
This winery's mission is to make sustainable viticulture with minimum intervention, looking for authenticity and transparency in each of their wines and imprinting their personality with the surrounding context.

Credo Semillón 2019 – TS

Province: Mendoza
Region: Uco Valley
Subregion: El Peral
Elevation: 1.130 msnm
Varietal: 100% Semillon
Vineyard size: 3 ha
Vineyard age: 122 years old
Number of plants per hectare: 4.600 plants
Yields: 5.000 kg per ha.
Irrigation: traditional flood irrigation
Soil composition: mostly loam with medium-high permeability and with the first signs of the appearance of mountain stones with granitic and calcareous sectors.
Harvest date: 22nd of February 2019
Type of viticulture: ecological

Winemaking and ageing
Whole cluster: no
Yeasts: native
Fermentation container: concrete eggs
Maceration technique: with skins from 7 to 10 days
Fermentation temperature: 12º to 14ºC
Length of fermentation: 35 days
Malolactic fermentation: 100%
Size/material of aging container: French oak barrels of 300 and 500 liters
Age of container if wood: 1st and 2nd usage
Type of barrel and Cooperage: 300 liters Seguin Moreau and 500 liters François Frères
Aging time in container: 24 months
Time of aging in bottle: 12 months

Analytical data
Alcohol: 12,8%
Ph: 3.4
Residual sugar: 1,8 g/l
Acidity: 6,4 g/l
Sulfites: 67 mg/l total

Winemaker: Germán Masera

Price: U$S 70

Livverá Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – TS

Province: Mendoza
Region: Uco Valley
Subregion: El Peral
Elevation: 1.130 masl
Varietal : Cabernet Sauvingon
Vineyard size: 5 ha.
Vineyard age: 74 years old
Number of plants per hectare: 4.668 plants
Yields: 7.500 kg/ha.
Irrigation: flood irrigation
Soil composition: clay loam soils
Training system: pergola
Harvest date: 18th of March 2021
Type of viticulture: organic

Winemaking and ageing
Whole cluster: no
Yeasts: native
Fermentation container: concrete eggs
Fermentation temperature: 22° to 24ºC
Length of fermentation: between 20 and 30 days
Malolactic fermentation: 100%
Size/material of aging container: concrete egg of 3.000 liters
Time of aging in bottle: 3 months

Analytical data
Alcohol: 13%
Ph: 3,6
Residual sugar: 1,8 g/l
Acidity: 5,11 g/l
Sulfites: 35 mg/l total

Winemaker: Germán Masera

Price: U$S 55