The collection
Bodega Patritti · Patagonia
Primogénito Merlot
Primogénito
- Variety
- Merlot
- Style
- Red
- Region
- Patagonia
- The winery
- Bodega Patritti
Tasting notes
- Appearance
- Deep ruby red with violet hues, very deep and brilliant.
- Nose
- Spiced by the oak, with black pepper over the fruit; mineral, with cassis and maqui berry, and an earthy pine-mushroom complexity.
- Palate
- Sweet, fine tannins; a broad palate and a long, lingering finish.
- Finish
- Long and lingering.
At a glance
- Grape
- Merlot
- Alcohol
- 14.3%
- Acidity
- 5.2 g/l
- Residual sugar
- 2.2 g/l
- pH
- 3.65
- Serve at
- 16 °C
- Cellaring
- 8–10 years
Production & ageing
- Harvest
- Manual.
- Fermentation
- Fermentation with selected yeasts at controlled temperature; malolactic fermentation in concrete tanks at controlled temperature.
- Maceration
- 12 days total, including a 2-day cold pre-fermentation maceration at 10 °C.
- Yeast
- Selected yeasts.
- Oak
- French oak barrels, first and second use · First and second use · 12 months
- Ageing
- 12 months in first- and second-use French oak barrels
The land
Patagonia
Andino's Patagonian producer, Bodega Patritti, is in San Patricio del Chañar, Neuquén. Argentina's wine-growing Patagonia spans Neuquén, Río Negro and La Pampa and is a heterogeneous territory of distinct soils, altitudes and climates. The climate is cold, with a significant day-night thermal amplitude and strong winds that improve fruit health and concentrate colour and aromas; San Patricio del Chañar is described as one of Argentina's coldest fine-wine regions. Soils in the estate vineyard are stony.
The winery
Bodega Patritti
"Patagonia's Hidden Gems." A Patagonian winery crafting small-batch wines that ignore passing trends and seek a true sense of place.
- Winemaker
- Nicolás Navío, head winemaker since 2008, with more than eighteen harvests at the winery. Trained at Don Bosco and at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in San Rafael; he also consults for other wineries.
