VISITORS FROM US- ASADO at VINEYARD

On december 12th two Frenchmen from a well known importer in Washington DC and his collegue from South Africa visited our vineyard and tasted both our 2007 and 2008 wines. We had a traditional asado and Mario made a biodynamic presentation, showing our components.

2008 WINES- UPDATE

Following last visit and tastings of Alvaro we are heading for an excellent Malbec year again, which will surpass the good quality of 2007. The colour is very intense, violet. In the nose you can percieve blackberry, plumb and some earthy herbs aroma. In the mouth firm tanins and character. In January we will define the final blends in order to bottle the Alpamanta Estate 2008 product line.

The Cabernet Sauvignon, due to the early frost in april lacks a bid of maturity, but has also some interesting red fruit and herbs aromas, good body and solid ending in the palate

ALPAMANTA RESERVA 2007- READY

Our top premium 2007 wine, the Malbec Reserva 2007 is at its peak and will be bottled end of january 2009. Our winemaker Alvaro Espinoza has put together the wine tasting notes for this wine, which won the Gold Medal at last month's Malbec al Mundo, obtaining 94 points.

" Color intenso con tinte ciruela, aroma intenso a fruta negra, ciruela, madera fina, cedro, con complejidad y carácter, elegante. En boca de cuerpo medio mas con buen volumen, largo, de taninos maduros, con balance, elegante "

AUSTRALIA- OUR NEXT MARKET

We have signed an Agreement with Jed Wines to start selling our Alpamanta Estate wines in Down Under. First samples will be shipped to Australia at the end of december