Finca Adalgisa Malbec 2019
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The Land
Most Argentine Malbec grows on open desert benchland with the Andes on the horizon and nothing else in sight. This one grows in a village. Finca Adalgisa sits in Chacras de Coria, a leafy residential town in Luján de Cuyo about twenty minutes from the city of Mendoza, and the vines are hemmed in by houses, garden walls, and century-old shade trees, close enough that you hear the neighbors' dogs from the rows. The site sits at 3,000 feet on deep alluvial soils of sand and loam, and it is still watered by traditional flood irrigation fed by Andean snowmelt, the method Mendoza used long before drip lines arrived. Luján de Cuyo became Argentina's first denomination of origin in 1993, built around Malbec.
The Wine
The Finca Adalgisa Malbec 2019 is 100% Malbec, hand-picked from the estate parcel planted in 1916. Fermentation runs on native yeast. The wine then spends two years in French oak of mixed ages, old barrels doing as much work as new, followed by a further year in bottle at the winery before release. Three years of aging before a wine ships is rare in Argentina, and you taste the difference. Black plum, dried fig, violet, sweet tobacco, cedar, and dried herb. The tannins are fine-grained and dusty rather than plush, the acidity runs firmer than most Mendoza Malbec, and the finish turns savory: iron, dried leaf, black tea. The 2019 season opened with a cold winter and cool spring, spiked past 40°C in January and February, then cooled through March and April, stretching ripening back out. Rainfall ran 20 to 60 percent below normal, giving small berries and modest yields.
The People
The estate has belonged to the Moretti and Furlotti family for five generations, starting as a summer house among the vines rather than a commercial winery. Gabriela Furlotti built an eleven-room boutique hotel on the property in 2000, wrapping guest rooms around the vineyard, so the wine is one bottling from a working home rather than a portfolio. The vineyard is farmed organically. Winemaking has long been in the hands of Carmelo Patti, carried to Argentina from Sicily as an infant and one of the figures behind Mendoza's turn toward serious wine in the 1980s. Patti works without consultants and is among the few Argentine vignerons who hold wine in bottle before release. Production stays under 500 cases a year, roughly fifty of which reach the United States.
Food Pairing
Grilled skirt steak with chimichurri: the acidity cuts the char and the fine tannin handles the fat without turning bitter. Braised short ribs with cumin and dried chile, where the savory finish sits alongside the spice rather than under it. Empanadas mendocinas, beef with green olive and hard-boiled egg, straight from the oven. Or roasted mushrooms and farro with thyme and a lot of black pepper, which pulls the dried-leaf side of the wine forward. This is a bottle for the Sunday when someone is actually cooking.
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Mendoza is Argentina’s largest and most celebrated wine region, tucked into the foothills of the Andes in the country’s west. Sun-drenched days, cool mountain nights, and mineral-rich soils create ideal conditions for robust yet balanced wines. Although Malbec is the star here—yielding lush dark fruit and refined tannins—varietals like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Torrontés also thrive. With each sub-region (from Luján de Cuyo to the Uco Valley) bringing its own distinct personality, Mendoza offers a vibrant tapestry of high-altitude vineyards that continue to elevate Argentine wine on the global stage.
Argentina - Mendoza
Malbec may have originated in France—where it features in Bordeaux blends, thrives in Cahors, and even appears in parts of the Loire Valley—but it’s become synonymous with Argentinian wine culture. This grape typically delivers concentrated dark fruit flavors like blackberry and black plum, accented by a subtle peppery spice and delicate violet aromas. French Malbec tends to be more structured, while its Argentine counterpart emphasizes plush tannins and robust fruit. Across both Old World and New, Malbec captivates with its velvety depth and distinctive charm.
