2018 Finca Piedra Infinita Gravascal
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The 2018 Malbec Finca Piedra Infinita Gravascal from Paraje Altamira, is made with grapes from a parcel with rich in calcium carbonate and gravel soils. The 2018 was aged in concrete. This is a wine as finely tuned as a Formula 1 car with high-end styling and engineering. The austere, compact but precise nose features reductive notes of fresh cherry and plum with violets and herbs. Chalk plays a leading role in the mouth alongside a palate of pure intensity, texture and tension. The energy here contrasts with the austerity of the aromas making for a red in which texture and tension vie for prominence.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous
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The 2018 Finca Piedra Infinita Gravascal has notes reminiscent of some wines from the Northern Rhône, a combination of orange peel, blood and iron, denoting freshness and minerality, with a chalky sensation and a finish that is a mixture of juiciness, stoniness, saltiness and texture. It comes from a 0.51-hectare plot in the Piedra Infinita. The wine fermented in concrete with indigenous yeasts and matured in concrete until bottling. I think they have fine-tuned these single-plot wines tremendously since the initial and almost experimental 2015; in this 2018 wine, I found lots of similarities with the Finca Piedra Infinita bottling—it really excels. It finishes with a sapid and salty sensation and marked chalkiness. Finesse, elegance, simply superb! 1,100 bottles were filled in August 2019.
About the producer
Based in the Uco Valley, Zuccardi is one of Argentina’s leading producers. Family owned and run – today by third-generation Sebastián Zuccardi – the property crafts pure-fruited wines that speak of their mountainous Mendoza terroir.