Pulenta Estate, Naranjo, Orange Wine, Mendoza, Argentina 2024

The Pulenta Family has been linked to Argentine viticulture for four generations. The children of the winemaker Antonio Pulenta and descendants of Italian immigrants, Eduardo and Hugo Pulenta who arrived from Italy in 1902, and have been making wine since 1912, gave birth to the Pulenta Estate in 2002, to celebrate the family’s arrival in Argentina 100 years before, bringing experience and the most skilled workforce. Eduardo (son) and Diego Pulenta, are part of the 4th generation that help run this family estate. At present, we adapt to the new paradigms that our consumers require.

The estate consists of two vineyards located in key areas of Mendoza: Finca La Zulema in Agrelo and Viñedos Don Antonio in Los Arboles, a district of the Uco Valley. These contrasting vineyards have complex alluvial soils and distinct altitudes which, when blended, help give Pulenta wines their distinctive style.

This Orange wine is made up of 60% Chardonnay, 20% Viognier and 20% Torrontés. The grapes were crushed and cold-soaked on the skins for a day before fermentation, which took place in concrete pools and vats. Manual punch-downs occurred throughout. Then a f1fteen-day period of post-fermentation skin contact took place. The wine was then blended and transferred – without undergoing malolactic conversion – to neutral oak barrels for one month of ageing prior to bottling.

A different wine that we thoroughly enjoyed. It is Aromatic and floral, with citrus and stone fruit flavours giving way to a structured mid-palate with a subtle tannic grip. The f1nish is dry, long and complex, with notes of black tea, orange peel and spice. Certainly worth a try!

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