First Vintage

Martin spent a day in the vineyard with Juan Igancio, one of the agronomists, taking grape samples from different parcels for crop estimation. Being the resourceful guy he is... Martin has asked if he could have the sample grapes once they were done using them for analyses. The first day of this, Martin received a few bag loads of Malbec grapes. He brought them home, hand-destemmed them and loaded them into tank #1 (a 5L water jug and later known as "Michi" in honor of the house cat). He cold soaked them for three days while adding grapes from Juan Ignacio's daily counts.


In addition to the Michi Malbec, finding ourselves with a surplus of grapes, Martin and fellow housemate, Hannah, decided to make two different rosé wines... One that was macerated with its skins for two hours and the other for about ten minutes.











After the cold soak, Martin asked one of the winemakers if he could have some yeast for his wines. That night, he inoculated his three tanks... Embarking on his first winemaking journey.


He directed to all housemate that we needed to assist with daily pump overs, which included any middle of the night bathroom breaks.

After a few days, Martin took Michi, SB and Spelino (the tanks) to the winery analyses. Michi was done! The others were halfway through fermentation.

That night, Martin excitedly pressed and bottled (so good that it doesn't require any aging) his first wine. He got a total of four bottles that are awaiting a special moment. Perhaps a Sunday night Argentinean family dinner.

- Martin & Kate

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