Your special invitation to our most anticipated collection yet...
The 2022 Extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley Collection
Discover Never-Before-Imported Argentine Wine...
Experience Argentine Wines ranging from 6,000 ft to almost 9,000 ft, and some of the most isolated vineyards in the world.
Today, I’d like to extend to you a special invitation to try our 2022 Extreme Altitude Calchaquí Valley Collection
It’s been almost two years since we launched the Bonner Private Wine Partnership with a single shipping container packed with wines from the foothills of the Andes mountains.
The stars of the show then were two malbecs from the extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley – our own Tacana (from the Bonner family ranch at Gualfin) and Sunal Ilógico (from an even higher vineyard at Luracatao several hours up the valley).
Today, we return to this vast frontier where, as the Wall Street Journal described it in 2019, “condors fly above giant cactuses...ancient rock formations vie for attention with Indian ruins...[and where they make] critically acclaimed wines that are largely unavailable outside of the country.”
You will find no Mendoza or Famatina in this collection, but extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley wines only, ranging from over 6,000 ft. to almost 9,000 ft., and some of the most isolated vineyards in the world.
Here's the deal... we have 90 of these collections available after accounting for over 1,800 current members.
Since you are a recent purchaser of our wines, I’d like to offer you to the head of the line to get access to this one-of-a-kind collection.
Something to keep in mind: We’re not some wine club that specializes in cheap bulk wines dressed up with a “cool” label. We don’t bombard our members with dead, underwhelming wines until they cancel.
We send out wines only 4 times a year... and we ensure they will be the most alive, interesting, and delicious wines you will drink.
Is it a good deal? Well, how does less than the cost of your daily coffee sound?
And how about backing that up with a guarantee that you will love these wines... or we will cheerfully return your money? (You don’t even have to send back the wines.)
Remember, we only have 90 collections left to claim, so don’t wait to get yours. Once all of them are claimed, this offer will close.
Simply scroll down to view the entire collection in more detail.
Cheers,
Will Bonner
What's included in the Extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley collection...
Your Bottle of 2019 Tacuil Doña Ascensión Malbec Cabernet (94 pts)
Five generations after Ascensión brought the first malbec grape vines to the Calchaquí Valley, her descendants, Raúl and Alvaro Dávalos, continue to make wine there. Their winery and vineyard, in a little valley called Tacuil, produces acclaimed, 90+ point wines such as previous Partnership favorites like RD and Mayuco, along with the Bonner family’s wine, Tacana.
Typically, Raul eschews the use of oak in his wine. It is not the traditional Calchaquí way. His father, a staunch believer in this practice, was furious at Raúl’s plan to age this wine for 12 months in (well used and practically neutral) oak barrels. But times are changing, and Raúl’s friends begged him to try it with this special malbec.
The cabernet adds a dash of spice and elegance to the blend, softening the extreme altitude malbec’s tannin teeth. Beauty taming the beast. If you can resist polishing off a bottle in a single sitting, leave it open for a few days to see how it shifts (watch the black fruit). Only 7,000 bottles produced. 94 points (Atkin).
Your Bottle of 2019 Arca Yaco Imaginate Malbec (6,889 ft)
His bodega Arca Yaco is a true boutique estate, where Matìas is involved in winemaking, sales, communications, and every other aspect of the business. Matìas founded Arca Yaco in 2010, and in 2015 vinified the first harvest. Since the beginning his wines (Amar y Vivir, which we featured in our 2021 Argentina collection, as well as Imaginate) have received great recognition and prestige.
Imaginate is an unoaked malbec (concrete, stainless steel), with notes of chocolate, black cherry, bramble berries, and a refreshing minerality.
Your Bottle of 2020 Daniel Guillen El Viticultor Malbec Cab Sauv (8,040 ft)
Taste it now to find wild blackberries, black pepper (from the iron in the soil), tobacco, and leather. But if you can grab an extra bottle, cellar it till 2026 to see El Viticultor reach its zenith. Only 5520 bottles made.
Your Bottle of 2019 Sunal Salvaje Malbec (8,694 ft)
Augustín Lanús and his Sunal wines have been perennial all-stars since our adventure in Calchaquí wine began. But this single-vineyard “Salvaje” is special even by his standards.
Augustín usually favors blending terroirs. Why do a single vineyard?
The answer is Cachi, a terroir at the northernmost edge of the valley, in the foothills of the snowcapped Cachi mountains. It’s the frontier’s frontier, bone dry except for snowmelt that drains easily through the sandy clay soil. To maximize Cachi’s impact, Augustín opted for no oak, and had the wine spend a year in a concrete egg. Despite its name, we found Salvaje to be surprisingly balanced, with cranberry and raspberry playing counterpoint to beets and fig. The noble savage. Only 6,000 bottles made.
Your Bottle of 2018 Atypico Malbec Cab (6,069 ft)
Notice the age of those malbec vines (the Calchaquí is known for exceptionally old vines). At Tolombón, the grapes get an early harvest (the reflective heat from the stony soil matures the grapes faster than usual). After that, it’s 4 days of cold maceration in stainless steel, and 18 months of aging in new barrels by Vicard of the Cognac region – the last of France’s great artisan tonnelleries (cooperages).
If you notice some subtle differences from the 2017, there’s more than just the vintage year at play. At harvest, the winemakers use only the best plots – you seldom get the same vine twice. With blueberry and black olive on the nose; balsamic, mint, and thyme on the palate; and a balanced mouthfeel with a long finish.
Your Bottle of 2019 Paco Puga L'amitié Robusto Malbec Cab franc Merlot (7,500 ft)
This family business works with various grape producers in the Calchaquí region to achieve wines of unique identity. The enology is a simple interpretation of the terroir using stainless steel tanks, concrete tanks and French oak barrels. Working without fixed recipes, the family prefers to evaluate each climatic year to determine which tools will make their wines better.
6 Bottles of Extreme Altitude Calchaquí Valley Wines...
(including the 8,694 ft. 2019 Sunal Salvaje)...
Shipped (FREE) Right To Your Doorstep...
You might assume these bottles are expensive...
Not at all... for the simple reason that we don’t pay retail... and neither will you.
Americans have been trained to think that a good wine must be more expensive.
But that’s simply not the case.
Let’s say a bottle costs $100... how much of that $100 is actually paying the wine?
About $20. That’s it.
The rest? Marketing costs and the dreaded “3-tier system”... a legal framework left over from Prohibition that basically guarantees three levels of mark-up (not including taxes) on any bottle you buy in the US.
I’m able to bypass that system.. it’s one of the many perks I enjoy as head of America’s only wine partnership, called The Bonner Private Wine Partnership.
We’re a private group of wine lovers who source seldom-imported foreign wines directly... without the usual middlemen, bad wine, or inflated pricing.
All year round, Diego, Barry, and me scour the globe for great wine, making deals directly with vineyards... mostly small batch places just like Sunal...
And that brings me to the wines I’d like to send to your doorstep today.
Your Bottle of 2019 Tacuil Doña Ascensión Malbec Cabernet (94 pts)... your bottle of 2019 Arca Yaco Imaginate Malbec (6,889 ft)... your bottle of 2020 Daniel Guillen El Viticultor Malbec Cab Sauv (8,040 ft)... your bottle of 2019 Sunal Salvaje Malbec (8,694 ft)... your bottle of 2018 Atypico Malbec Cab (6,069 ft)... and your bottle of 2019 Paco Puga L'amitié Robusto Malbec Cab franc Merlot (7,500 ft).
And there’s something else I want to give you today, too.
While you wait for your collection, you’ll receive two special, exclusive e-books, written especially for club members by top international sommelier, Nigel Tollerman.
Nigel is a certified sommelier from Argentina’s top Escuela Argentina de Sommeliers. He has appeared on the Food Network and National Geographic.
I think you’ll find these e-books both fun to read and highly educating...
As a fellow wine adventurer, they’re yours FREE to read and access the instant you sign up...
You’ll also receive a tasting video with veteran Bordeaux winemaker Julien Miquel.
Julien has made wines all over the world, including at Chateau Margaux, perhaps the most famous winery in France.
He’ll take you through a virtual tasting for three of your wines making you an expert in Argentine wine by the time your bottles arrive.
Okay, so how much is a quarterly membership to the Bonner Private Wine Partnership going to cost?
Well, as I said earlier, a single case of the Calchaquí wine goes for $450... and they sell out an entire vintage in less than 24 hours...
And I’ve seen bottles of a certain high-altitude wine being sold for as much as $598 for a single bottle (that would be over $3,000 for a collection of six!)...
(which is crazy because that certain wine actually has lower point scores than other bottles included in your collection)
But you won’t spend several thousand dollars here... you won’t pay $450... or even $300...
You’ll pay just $199 for your first quarter with the club (shipping is on us!)
Your 100% Money Back Guarantee
(and no, you don’t have to send back the wine)
If you don’t love your extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley wines, you have 30 days to request a refund.
And you don’t even have to send the remaining bottles back.
Yes, you could drink every single bottle and ask for a refund. There’s no way we’d be able to tell.
But we’re confident that you’ll love what you get and want to stick around for more!
After your $199 introductory shipment, subsequent shipments will be billed at our normal fee of $249... but there is NO obligation. We will let you know when your bottles are ready to ship and you can cancel at any time!
So...interested in sampling great wine at zero risk?
Well if you’re still reading, I’m going to take a wild guess that the answer is “YES!”
Simply click in the BIG ORANGE BUTTON to get started...
You’ll enter your address, fill out the forms on the next page and then we’ll ship you your wine. It’s that simple.
Here’s what your box will look like:
Once you’ve got your box, go ahead and open the secure packaging (no bottles “wrapped” in thin paper cardboard here)...
Pop open a bottle... and let the journey begin...
Click below to get started:
Sincerely,
Will Bonner
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This is your chance to be among the first Americans to reserve your own supply of rare, extreme altitude Calchaquí Valley wine.
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This is a risk-free offer. You have 30 days to request a full refund. And don’t worry about returning the wine! Each shipment is billed separately. Subsequent shipments will be billed at our regular rate of $249. But there’s no obligation. For subsequent shipments we will also offer 100% refund but the wines must be returned with corks intact. Otherwise, we can only offer a 50% refund. But there’s no need to receive wines you don’t want. We’ll let you know when we’re preparing your shipment and you can always give us a call to cancel. You truly risk nothing by accepting this offer today.
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Your Bottle of 2019 Tacuil Doña Ascensión Malbec Cabernet (94 pts)
Your Bottle of 2019 Arca Yaco Imaginate Malbec (6,889 ft)
Your Bottle of 2020 Daniel Guillen El Viticultor Malbec Cab Sauv (8,040 ft)
Your Bottle of 2019 Sunal Salvaje Malbec (8,694 ft)
Your Bottle of 2018 Atypico Malbec Cab (6,069 ft)
Your Bottle of 2019 Paco Puga L'amitié Robusto Malbec Cab franc Merlot (7,500 ft)
About the Bonner Private Wine Partnership
Founded by Will Bonner, the Partnership is a group of wine lovers who come together to import great, small batch wines that might otherwise get overlooked by large importers.
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