and left to bottle age for an additional 9 months this wine received no additives or added sulfites
with warm earthy fruit on the nose
It’s the first association of natural wines in Spain
FINISH: lingering sweet & sour fruit
red (a few days more of skin-contact) and a small lot of carbonic macerated pinot noir vinified in the vineyard
2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Invader’ Chenin Blanc Pet-Nat, Rio Negro, Argentina Terralibera and left to bottle ageAn irresistibly delicious sparkling wine and a cool piece of Argentinas history. In the 1950s (and before they landed in Napa), Chandon planted grapes in Argentina for the purpose of making cool climate sparkling wine; but, finding the massive, wild Patagonia region too difficult to farm, the vineyards were abandoned in favor of California. Matas has now purchased this vineyard and rehabilitated old, ungrafted Chenin Blanc vines, fulfilling their