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2021 Familia Zuccardi "Finca Piedra Infinita" Malbec Paraje Altamira Mendoza

2021 Familia Zuccardi "Finca Piedra Infinita" Malbec Paraje Altamira Mendoza

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Review Date: 05/2025
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Originating from a selection of parcels planted in alluvial, sandy, granite soils with calcareous content, the 2021 Finca Piedra Infinita was vinified in concrete with whole clusters and aged for 12 months. It opens with a commanding, complex and ceaselessly evolving nose initially dominated by dusty, savory, spice-driven aromas, then blossoming with the classic purple flower notes characteristic of Paraje Altamira. The palate perfectly balances a seductive, sumptuous texture with remarkable richness and discernible finesse, culminating in a quietly explosive, long, intensely vibrant finish. This wine showed exceptional dynamism in the glass, constantly melding luscious black fruits, refined minerality and immaculately polished tannins in a punchy yet weightless, all-encompassing and captivating package. It is a simply magnificent example of contemporary Argentine Malbec. (ML)

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Descorchados

Review Date: 01/2024
This wine has brilliant fruit that makes it one of the best expressions of the superlative 2021 vintage—a cool year that allowed the malbec to ripen gradually, giving rise to tremendously expressive wines like this one. The firm tannins come from the calcium carbonate and cause the chalky sensation that envelops the palate, while the floral and herbal aromas and flavors lend complexity. The 38-hectare Piedra Infinita estate surrounds Zuccardi's austere concrete winery in Altamira. The vineyard has been divided into more than 66 blocks according to soil characteristics, variety, and the genetic material of the vines. This is a selection from those vineyards.

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James Suckling

Review Date: 02/2024
Blackberries, terra cotta, sandalwood, wood bark and graphite. Full-bodied with a very tight tannin structure that gives this wine tension and power, but it's more electric that muscular. Lightly salty with hints of cherries. Flavorful and true.

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Vinous

Review Date: 11/2024
Hailing from a cool vintage in the Uco Valley, the 2021 Finca Piedra Infinita, from Paraje Altamira, was bottled after one winter in concrete vats. As with Zuccardi's other wines, it delivers a naturally primary profile that embodies what can be achieved with un-oaked wines in the southern Uco Valley. This purple-hued Malbec reveals balsamic herbs undertones, intense violet and floral aromas and notes of plum and blueberry. Dry and compact on the palate, with chalky tannins and fine fruit expression, it delivers exceptional concentration and a rich, long-lasting, fruit-driven finish. Just fabulous. (JH)
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Notes

Piedra Infinita is one of the top wines from Familia Zuccardi in the Uco Valley, a subregion of Mendoza. The wine is 100% Malbec sourced specifically from Paraje Altamira, which sits just over 3,500 feet in elevation. “Piedra Infinita” means “Infinite Stone” — the name signals the importance of the vineyard’s rocky, calcareous soils and the idea of an ongoing relationship with the land. The wine is fermented and matured in concrete tanks rather than oak barrels: the emphasis is on letting the soil and altitude show themselves. The result is a modern Malbec with stony, mineral-driven structure and a high amount of fruit purity.

Product Details

Origin: Argentina

Type/Varietal: Malbec

SKU: #1934477