Mauricio Lorca Poético Mendoza Cabernet Franc 2022 Winemaker_Gerd Stepp He’s held onto the same

He’s held onto the same vineyard ever since - it’s in Wilyabrup

According to Nigel this rocky vineyard isn’t much to look at - but it produces the pristine fruit which is the secret weapon to this wine

I’d never tasted it before - its tiny production would have been way too small to come across my radar before

Ribera wines were deep coloured and tannic

this is absolutely guaranteed to be right up your street

Mauricio Lorca Poético Mendoza Cabernet Franc 2022 Winemaker_Gerd Stepp He’s held onto the sameMendoza, at 1,250m above sea level, has all the natural ingredients for producing world class reds: Sunshine the intensity of sunlight up here ripens the grapes with deep flavour and colour Altitude while the days are hot, the temperatures drop to very cold at night, which extends the ripening season, and gives the grapes freshness, complexity and balance Water its basically a desert (on the same latitude as the Sahara) with very little rainfall. The