Pannunzio Wines · Mendoza
GV Gran Reserva Malbec
GV Gran Reserva
- Variety
- Malbec
- Style
- Red
- Region
- Mendoza
- The winery
- Pannunzio Wines
A wine for contemplation. The range flagship, built to accompany fine dining and game.
Tasting notes
- Appearance
- Deep red with violet tones.
- Nose
- Ripe red fruits such as plum and raspberry, integrated with aromas from its 18 months in barrel: tobacco and vanilla.
- Palate
- Delicate, elegant and balanced, with a prolonged finish and sweet tannins.
- Finish
- Prolonged.
At a glance
- Grape
- Malbec
- Alcohol
- 14.9%
- pH
- 3.60
- Serve at
- 16–18 °C
Production & ageing
- Harvest
- Hand-harvested between 22 and 25 April, in the early morning, in 20 kg plastic crates.
- Fermentation
- Alcoholic fermentation lasts 7–10 days at 26–28 °C, with daily pump-overs and a délestage during fermentation. Malolactic fermentation with indigenous bacteria.
- Maceration
- 72-hour cold pre-fermentation maceration at 5 °C; 4–7 days post-fermentation maceration. 10% saignée.
- Yeast
- Selected yeasts.
- Oak
- First-use French oak barrels · First-use French oak · 18 months
- Ageing
- 18 months in first-use French oak barrels
- Filtration
- Unfiltered
- Stabilisation
- Natural cold stabilization only
At the table
- Haute-cuisine dishes
- Game meats
The land
Mendoza
Andino's Mendoza producer, Pannunzio Wines, sits at 800 m a.s.l. in Barrancas, Maipú, a temperate arid enclave with a daily thermal amplitude of up to 20 °C, which drives slow, balanced ripening, and only about 200 mm of rain a year. The terroir has two soil profiles: silty with a rocky, alluvial-stone structure from the Mendoza River to the north, and deep sand to the south.
The winery
Pannunzio Wines
Pannunzio Wines, the essence of Barrancas in every glass. Wines that consistently and authentically express the unique character of Barrancas, Maipú, from fruit-driven freshness to elegant complexity, with a portfolio recognised at international awards.
- Winemaker
- Rolando Lazzarotti
