PerSe, Volare del Camino, 2020
PerSe, Volare del Camino, 2020
- Red Still
- Organic
- Malbec
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PerSe is a personal project from Edgardo (Edy) del Popolo and David Bonomi.
The pair met in 1995, while working together at a local winery and are now considered trailblazers on the Argentine wine scene. David is one of the most knowledgeable oenologists in the Uco Valley, with on-the-ground experience from Altamira in the south to Gualtallary in the north. Edy was practically born under a grapevine: his parents owned vineyards in north Mendoza, he went on to study oenology and agronomy, and when the winery he was working at was sold to the Santa Rita Estates.
Gualtallary is a high-altitude zone in the department of Tupungato in the Uco Valley. David and Edy work with small plots of just 0.2-0.5 hectares, situated at around 1,300 meters. Due to the altitude average day and nighttime temperatures are 3-6 degrees lower than in the city of Mendoza, they choose their sites carefully as only certain plots can produce grapes that reach the quality they are aiming for.
What the critics say:
"The 2020 Volare del Camino feels harmonious and balanced, quite fruit-driven and juicy, with very fine-grained, chalky tannins. They picked the grapes quite early, and it fermented destemmed (like all of the reds here) in a closed vat (contrary to the 2019, which fermented in open bins), more reductive, with indigenous yeasts. It matured in used, neutral and well-seasoned 224-liter French oak barrels for 16 months. It has 13.9% alcohol and good freshness and acidity, with fine-grained tannins. It's a very good effort for the vintage but without the precision I found in the 2019. 1,092 bottles were filled in December 2021."
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