Matías Riccitelli 'The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree' Malbec Mendoza 2021

Matías Riccitelli has made wine under his own name in the area of Luján de Cuyo (just outside the city of Mendoza) since 2009. The son of well-known Argentine winemaker Jorge Riccitelli, Matías set out to make terroir-driven wines in a minimal-intervention style. All of his wines are harvested by hand and ferment with indigenous yeasts. Despite his very hands-off approach, and with zero added sulfites, this dark, full-bodied malbec comes across very cleanly. It aged in French oak and was bottled without fining or filtration. Spicy and smooth, it mixes plum and blueberry with a hint of vanilla and dense tannins. Organically grown, low-intervention/natural wine, vegan.