Quimera 2021 is a masterful blend crafted from 19 parcels across eight distinct districts in Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley. This vintage opens with a fresh and expressive nose of ripe dark fruits layered with dusty cocoa, black pepper, and delicate floral hints of violet. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, with generous, juicy fruit balanced by fine-grained tannins and subtle spice. The blend—50% Malbec, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot, and 1% Petit Verdot—offers both structure and elegance, delivering a rich yet refined expression of Mendoza’s diverse terroirs.

Vinification: It is carried out in cement tanks at a high temperature (between 29 and 32 degrees Celsius) with many daily pump-overs.

Fermentation: Several daily open pump-overs with gentle rain on the cap, followed at the end with a gentle pressing determined by the results of daily tastings. Throughout this process, there is no filtration, no pre-fermentative cold maceration, no correction of the natural acidity of the grapes, no bleeding during fermentation maceration, and no enzymes of any kind are added during vinification. Each variety is fermented independently, and as soon as the fermentations are finished, the final blend is made and sent to barrel as a blended wine.

Malolactic fermentation: Takes place during 15 months in French oak barrels, 50% of which are new and 50% second use.

Aging in barrels: Aged for 15 months in new French oak barrels.