TECHNICAL SHEET
| Wine | Verum Malbec Clásico |
|---|---|
| Winery | VERUM by Verum |
| Winemaker | Elías López Montero |
| Country | Argentina |
| D.O/Zone | Alto Valle del Río Negro |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Grape | Malbec |
| Type | Red |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | – |
| Rates & Awards | 94 Pts. Tim Atkin |
| Bottle Volume | 75 cl. |
| Total Production | 37.000 bottles |
Tasting Notes
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Cherry red with violet rim.
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On the nose, black fruit with hints of spice, light floral notes.
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On the palate it is a fleshy wine, with ripe tannins that accompanies good acidity and freshness. In aftertaste it presents a strong memory of wild berries and some mineral notes.
| Temperature | 12º – 14ºC. |
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| Best drinking | 8 years |
| Beat pairing | – |
Vineyard & Winemaking
| Vineyard | Gral. Fernández Oro |
|---|---|
| Vineyard description | Careful selection of different soils and types of Malbec that are located in the Del Río Elorza property, in General Fernández Oro. |
| Soil | Clay loam |
| Climate | Cold winters, dry summers with wide thermal amplitude. Intense and frequent winds, low annual precipitation and low humidity. |
| Altitude | 245 masl |
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| Yield | 1,5 kg/plant |
| Winemaking | low temperature fermentation (26-27ºC) and maceration for 20 days. |
| Aging | 10% of the wine has aged in French oak barrels of 2nd and 3rd use. The rest in concrete tanks. |
| Bottling date | – |
THE WINEMAKER
Elías López Montero
Member of a family linked to the wine business since 1788, Elías began his professional career in 2001, working for Vinícola de Tomelloso, Altosa and Aalto in Ribera del Duero before moving to Bergkelder in South Africa.
In 2005, Elías assumed the Technical Management of the family proyect Bodegas Verum in Tomelloso. Verum meant a change of philosophy in the wineries of Castilla La Mancha.
In 2016, with the collaboration of winemaker Hans Vinding-Diers, Elías begins to make wine in Patagonia Argentina, finally taking over the technical management of the entire project in 2019. Elías has been named one of the 10 winemakers called to change wine in Spain by Decanter.
Elías seek to elaborate wines that are capable of transmitting their origin. He is convinced that it is in the vineyard where wine is made. He is committed to varietal excellence, to show the essence of the land and its character. He seeks to make wines of great elegance, purity and balance. He likes challenges, respecting the characteristics of the area, with the minimum possible intervention to produce great wines.
He believes in respect for the land and defends sustainability in the vineyard and in the winery, doing an increasingly meticulous work of respect for the terroir and seeking to be a reference in quality wines.
THE WINERY
VERUM by Verum
With his southern hemisphere winemaking experience (South Africa), Elías López Montero keeps looking for new challenges. Due to climate change everyone is looking north, but thanks to Elias’ experience, he looked southward to Patagonia, the most southern wine region of the planet. There he found the right vineyard and winery to give shape to the project VERUM by Verum.
The collaboration agreement between López Montero and del Río Elorza families to give birth to VERUM by Verum project came to easily. Elías signed his first wine: MARÍA VICTORIA MALBEC 100% from the equally named state, other projects will follow after.
