Pispi - 2018
VINTAGE: 2018
PRODUCER: Mosquita Muerta WinesLOCATION: Mendoza, Argentina
VARIETALS: 40% Malbec, 20% Petit Verdot, 20% Bonarda, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot
AGEING: 12 months in French oak
ALCOHOL: 14%ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 40,000 cases
The showy but harmonious 2017 Pispi is a blend of five grape varieties that delivers complexity in the nose, good acidity and structure to support it. The varieties are nicely assembled and rather than varietal aromas or flavors you get something more complex, combining the ripeness of the vintage and the freshness of early picking, which results in a vibrant palate.
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 250 Has of 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.