2019 Cara Sur Tinto, Barreal, Valle de Calingasta, Argentina

From: Barreal, Calingasta Valley, San Juan, ArgentinaVarietal: 85% Bonarda Piemontese, 15% Barbera, Grignolino, and a few yet to be identified varietals Taste & Critical Acclaim: WA 91 PTS WINE ADVOCATE. The 2019 Tinto was a blend of mostly Bonarda and Barbera from grapes picked the first week of March at 13.2% alcohol and with mellow acidity. It fermented in concrete eggs after the full clusters were foot trodden and matured in those eggs for eight months. It has notes of Mediterranean herbs, aniseed, fennel, esparto grass, and thyme, less floral and a very juicy palate with fine-grained tannins. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2019.
 About. Cara Sur was formed in 2011 as a partnership between two couples inspired to revive ancestral vines and produce wines from traditional Argentine varietals. Sebastián Zuccardi and Marcela Manini teamed up with Nuria Año Gargiulo and Pancho Burgallo, an avid mountaineering couple who live in Barreal, in the Calingasta Valley o