Description
Vineyard name: Finca Los Paraisos, El Mirador, Rivadavia
Soil composition: Loamy sandy
Varietal composition: 100% Criolla Chica
Fermentation container: Clay Pots
Length of alcoholic fermentation: 21 days
Fermentation temperature: 68-72 °F
Malolactic fermentation: Partial
Fining agent: None
Type of aging container: Clay Pots
Length of aging before bottling: 256 days
Prefermentation technique: Cold maceration
Time on its skins: 256 Days
Alcohol: 11.7%
pH level: 3.35
Residual sugar: 0.87 g/L
Acidity: 5.24 g/L
La Marchigiana Criolla Chica 2023
W I N E D E S C R I P T I O N
La Marchigiana honors the natural and sulfite-free homemade wine legacy with this
very
limitied production. In 1898, Nicola Catena arrived in Argentina from Le Marche, Italy, bringing
with him the family tradition of creating natural wines, preserved only by their own tannins. It is
a “naked wine”, in which only the grapes and terroir speak.
Once settled in Argentina, Nicola embraced the practice of fermenting wine in Clay pots. Widely
spread in the Cuyo region, this practice dates back to Colonial times where wine was made
from Criolla grapes in amphoras and “botijas
La Marchigiana was Nicola Catena’s label, used in the oak barrels containing bulk winethat were
sent to Buenos Aires to be sold in the finest restaurants of that time. This label has been
hanging at the winery and at Nicolás Catena Zapata’s office since Laura and Adrianna Catena
were children.
La Marchigiana stands for the women from Le Marche and that iswhy there is a woman
harvesting and handing grapes to a man with a basket on the label.
The style is early 20th century and the label says Bodega y Viñedos Nicolás Catena, because
Nicola Catena was made to change his name to Nicolás when he became an Argentine citizen.
Laura observes that it was a smart idea to celebrate women harvesting since hergreat-
grandfather’s wife, Ana Mosceta de Catena was also from Le Marche and loved her vines.
Because of this, Laura’s great- grandfather use to call her his
“vine whisperer”.
Extremely Limited Production-US Allocation
V I N E Y A R D & P R O D U C T I O N I N F O
W I N E M A K I N G & A G I N G
A N A LY T I C A L D A TA
P R O D U C E R P R O F I L E
Estate owned by: Nicolás Catena
Winemaker: Alejandro Vigil
Total acreage under vine: 900
Estate founded: 1902
Region: Mendoza
Country: Argentina
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