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Product code: AWC-30-ACHAVAL-FERRER-QUIMERA

Achaval Ferrer Quimera

A blend of malbec with merlot, both cabernets and petit verdot from Luján de Cuyo plots, aged thirteen months in French barrels.
Winery
Achaval Ferrer
Appellation
Mendoza
Grape varieties
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot

44,55 €

44,55 €
In stock75 cl · 59,40 €/L
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Description

Achaval Ferrer · Mendoza

Quimera is the house blend: selected plot by plot, with each variety fermented separately in concrete, wood or steel before the final blend is made in barrel. It ages thirteen months in small 160-litre French oak barrels from Allier, Tronçais and Vosges. There is no cold maceration, no acidity correction and no enzymes.

Technical sheet

Type
WineryAchaval Ferrer
AppellationMendoza
CountryArgentina
Grape varietiesCabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot
AgeingAgeing
Format0,75 l
ReferenceAWC-30-ACHAVAL-FERRER-QUIMERA

The winery

Achaval Ferrer

A Mendoza winery founded in 1998 by Santiago Achával and Manuel Ferrer, with the Italian winemaker Roberto Cipresso. The original idea was to recover old, very low-yielding malbec vineyards and bottle them separately, vineyard by vineyard (Bella Vista in Perdriel, Altamira in San Carlos and Mirador in Medrano). They work with hand harvesting and minimal intervention in the cellar: no cold pre-fermentation maceration, no acidity correction and no enzymes.

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Tasting notes

What does this wine taste like?

LightFull-bodied
SmoothTannic
DrySweet
MellowCrisp
Black fruitBlackberry, blueberry and wild berries
Oak and toastOak, toasted notes and cocoa
FloralWhite flowers and violet

Nose

Floral notes with blackberry, bilberry and blackcurrant.

Palate

Concentrated and well integrated, with crushed blackberry, liquorice and dark chocolate over a hint of tobacco.

Serving temperature

Between 16 and 18 °C.

Pairing

Beef, lamb, poultry and pasta.

Red meat
Red meat
Lamb
Lamb
Poultry
Poultry
Pasta
Pasta

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