Item Number: 6849 UPC: 0835603001976

Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza Sub Region: Mendoza
Appellation/AVA: Mendoza
Vintage: 2007
Grape(s): 100% Malbec
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Case Production: 100
Alc by Vol(%): 15
Total Acidity: 5.92
pH: 3.7
Elevation: 3,500 feet
Vineyard Location: Uco Valley
Average Vine Age: 50 years
Rootstock: Ungrafted
Harvest: By Hand
Aging: 14 months in 100% new French oak
Fining: None
Filtration: None

The Story: After years of consulting for some of most well-known wineries in Mendoza, Michel Rolland got to know his favorite vineyard lots. Every winemaker has their favorites – the wines that year-in, year-out speak to them in a special voice. And then one year, Michel noticed that one of his favorites was missing. When he learned that the vineyard was for sale, he sprang into action by purchasing the vineyard and launched a new single-vineyard brand named Val de Flores, modeled after his estate in Pomerol.

Together with his wife Dany, Michel has invested his energy and passion into this small vineyard. Primarily planted to Malbec in the 1940s and 1950s, the vineyard is situated at the foot of the Andean mountain range in Vista Flores (in the southern Uco Valley). The view is breathtaking: row after row of vines bordered with rose bushes and olive trees with snow-topped peaks in the background, all basking in wonderful sunshine under a vast, incredibly blue sky. Each year, a single wine is produced from a process that is focused on selecting only the best fruit and best the vineyard can offer.

Tasting Notes: Sexy, lush, dark fruit with enticing floral and fruit aromas. The oak undertones are rich and give the sense of an opulent old bar. A very focused and classy wine.