Dos Minas Torrontes 750 ML

The dos minas (“two chicks” in Argentine slang) of the name are Lucia Romero, who runs Bodega El Porvenir de los Andes in Cafayate, Argentina, and Heather Willens, who came to Buenos Aires via California and has experience working with small wineries in Argentina. Both are champions of wines from the mystical desert landscapes of Cafayate, and both believe that Torrontes is a wonderfully aromatic, food-friendly wine that is among the best of what Argentina has to offer to the world. So they decided to come together to create this small project to showcase the rugged, high altitude Malbec and the elegant, balanced Torrontes that the best producers in Cafayate are capable of making. The Dos Minas Torrontés comes from Finca El Retiro in Cafayate, Argentina near Salta. El Retiro is located at 1,650m above sea level and the vines are trained high in the Pergola method. The vineyard is 65-years-old and the grapes were hand-picked in 20kg bins the 3rd week of February. The winery employs carbonic maceration for 4 hours before a cold fermentation begins. This is a very floral wine and a great expression of the Torrontés grape. 1,000 cases produced.