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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Contra Corriente<\/h3><\/h3><\/div>Without any prior experience, Rance Rathie and Travis Smith went against all odds (or against the tide in this case), pushing the limits of viticulture and embarked on planting a small vineyard in southern Patagonia where no one had previously thought of that wine could be made. They also managed to get an incredible team and together they are producing the best southern wines in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Colom\u00e9 Aut\u00e9ntico Malbec 2020 \u2013 TS<\/h3><\/div>Province: Salta
\nRegion: Calchaqu\u00edes Valleys
\nSubregion: Cafayate, Colom\u00e9
\nElevation: 2.300 masl
\nVarietal: 100% Malbec
\nSize of the vineyard: 13 ha
\nVineyard age: 20 years old
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 4.500 plants \/ ha
\nYields: 6.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil composition: sandy with clay and alluvial
\nTraining method: trellis
\nHarvest date: 15th March 2020
\nType of viticulture: sustainable<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: indigenous
\nFermentation container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nMaceration technique: skin maceration, cold for 4 days + 20 days
\nFermentation temperature: 24\u00baC
\nLength of fermentation: 25 days
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nSize\/material of the aging container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nTime of aging in container: 10 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 10 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 14.5 %
\nPh: 3,7
\nResidual sugar: 1,8 g\/l
\nAcidity: 5,75 g\/l
\nSulfites: 25 mg\/l<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Thibaut Delmotte<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Without any prior experience, Rance Rathie and Travis Smith went against all odds (or against the tide in this case), pushing the limits of viticulture and embarked on planting a small vineyard in southern Patagonia where no one had previously thought of that wine could be made. They also managed to get an incredible team and together they are producing the best southern wines in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Colom\u00e9 Aut\u00e9ntico Malbec 2020 \u2013 TS<\/h3><\/div>Province: Salta
\nRegion: Calchaqu\u00edes Valleys
\nSubregion: Cafayate, Colom\u00e9
\nElevation: 2.300 masl
\nVarietal: 100% Malbec
\nSize of the vineyard: 13 ha
\nVineyard age: 20 years old
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 4.500 plants \/ ha
\nYields: 6.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil composition: sandy with clay and alluvial
\nTraining method: trellis
\nHarvest date: 15th March 2020
\nType of viticulture: sustainable<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: indigenous
\nFermentation container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nMaceration technique: skin maceration, cold for 4 days + 20 days
\nFermentation temperature: 24\u00baC
\nLength of fermentation: 25 days
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nSize\/material of the aging container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nTime of aging in container: 10 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 10 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 14.5 %
\nPh: 3,7
\nResidual sugar: 1,8 g\/l
\nAcidity: 5,75 g\/l
\nSulfites: 25 mg\/l<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Thibaut Delmotte<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Province: Salta
\nRegion: Calchaqu\u00edes Valleys
\nSubregion: Cafayate, Colom\u00e9
\nElevation: 2.300 masl
\nVarietal: 100% Malbec
\nSize of the vineyard: 13 ha
\nVineyard age: 20 years old
\nNumber of plants per hectare: 4.500 plants \/ ha
\nYields: 6.000 kg\/ha
\nIrrigation: drip irrigation
\nSoil composition: sandy with clay and alluvial
\nTraining method: trellis
\nHarvest date: 15th March 2020
\nType of viticulture: sustainable<\/p>\n
Winemaking and ageing
\nWhole cluster: no
\nYeast: indigenous
\nFermentation container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nMaceration technique: skin maceration, cold for 4 days + 20 days
\nFermentation temperature: 24\u00baC
\nLength of fermentation: 25 days
\nMalolactic fermentation: yes
\nSize\/material of the aging container: 85% stainless steel + 15% concrete eggs
\nTime of aging in container: 10 months
\nTime of aging in bottle: 10 months<\/p>\n
Analytical data
\nAlcohol: 14.5 %
\nPh: 3,7
\nResidual sugar: 1,8 g\/l
\nAcidity: 5,75 g\/l
\nSulfites: 25 mg\/l<\/p>\n
Winemaker: Thibaut Delmotte<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>