Mourvèdre and Counoise

The area has a semi-desert climate with hot days and cool nights

Lightly sparkling

She's been working with oenologist Laurent Batlle since 2008

It’s fresh

Altos las Hormigas Malbec Terroir Valle de Uco, 2024 Tuscany Mourvèdre and CounoiseDark black cherries, a faint layer of raspberries and cream, hints of herbs and purple flowers. On the palate, red and black cherry are framed by rocky minerals and tart blackberry. Fresh, lifted. There's a land of over ripe, floppy Malbec and then there's this! Bright, refined, elegant Malbec, ripened just to produce a balance between fruit + land, to showcase where it's from, not a fruit bomb. The Altos team are terroir "junkies" obsessed with the