Catena Zapata Malbec Mundus Bacillus Terrae Adrianna Vineyard – 2018
Mendoza, Argentina
4.560 feet
18 months in French oak barrels
$300.00
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Bodega Catena Zapata’s Adrianna Vineyard, named after Nicolás Catena Zapata’s youngest daughter, is located at almost 5,000 feet elevation in the Tupungato Alto Region of Mendoza’s Uco Valley. The soils here are filled with limestone and marine deposits from oceans that once covered the region millions of years ago. The limestone layers are particularly rich in rhizobacteria, the microorganisms that help vine roots withstand stress and absorb nutrients, whence the name “mundus bacillus terrae” or “elegant microbes of the earth”.
