Catena La Marchigiana Criolla Chica - 2023 (750ml)
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 stands for the women from Le Marche and that is why 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 her great 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”.
This was aged on skins in amphora for 256 days and pours a translucent cherry red. Aromas are a blend of tart red fruits and a spicy undertone.
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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 stands for the women from Le Marche and that is why 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 her great 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”.
This was aged on skins in amphora for 256 days and pours a translucent cherry red. Aromas are a blend of tart red fruits and a spicy undertone.
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