Pulenta Estate Gran Cabernet Franc XI

Based at Alto Agrelo in Mendoza. Pulenta own 135 hectares including large plots in the regions of Lujan de Cuyo and the Uco Valley. Situated over 3000 feet above sea level, tempers the Mendoza heat and makes for more refined and balanced wines from the vineyards.

Fermentation takes place in a mix of stainless steel, roll fermenters and oak barrels. Aged in French oak for 18 months produces an elegant and long finish to the red wine

• The wine has a deep ruby colour, with intense aromas of roasted peppers, fresh eucalyptus and spice
• Enjoy complex notes combined with ripe blackberry, dark plum fruit and dark chocolate on the palate
• Feel the acidity seamlessly well integrated with generous, soft and well rounded tannins
• Pulenta Estate Gran Cabernet Franc XI has a long finish

For four generations Argentinian viticulture has been linked to the Pulenta family. From the arrival of Angelo and Palmina from Ancona, Italy in 1902, to the first vine planted by the Pulenta brothers in 1912, to the birth of Pulenta Estate in 2002. A fitting 100 year anniversary of the arrival of the family in Argentina.

Pulenta producing some of the most sought after wine from Argentina due to Eduardo and Diego who run the estate.