Mosquita Muerta Red Blend 2017 Uco Valley

VINTAGE: 2017
PRODUCER: José Millán

APPELLATION: Uco Valley
VARIETALS: 70% Malbec, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot
AGEING: 16 months in new French oak (60%) and egg-shaped concrete tanks
ALCOHOL: 14%

This elegant red blend features a bouquet of red and black cherries and other small fruits, with more spices and a touch of cocoa. The palate is very tasty, revealing very fine tannins, freshness, a fine texture and very good length.

José Millán’s “Mosquita Muerta Wines” project starts in 2010 at the family's Los Toneles winery in Mendoza city with the goal of producing the very best blends Argentina can yield from the family’s high-elevation vineyards in Mendoza's Uco Valley. Winemaker Bernardo Bossi (formerly with Catena Zapata) uses multiples fermentation and aging techniques to deliver stunning hand-crafted wines. Mosquita Muerta is an expression in Spanish used to describe a person with little potential for success who ends up accomplishing a remarkable feat. Jose Millán chose this name for his project to mock those in the region who doubted of his potential as a wine industry entrepreneur.