2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Barrialto Grist Vineyard

Grist Vineyard

Insanely delicious stuff

the entire property is powered by solar panels and a windmill

The vineyard is 380 meters above sea level and is surrounded by a forest

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Barrialto Grist VineyardFor Matas, this is one of the most important vineyards in Mendozas Uco Valley. Here, Sauvignon Blanc is rooted in white, calcareous soils aromatic earth as he calls it infusing the wine with soft, chalky minerality. It also defends the grape against its tendency to become a caricature of itself: the grapes signature (and often, sharp) green flavors come in the form of delicate baby parsley and fresh cut flowers; its punchy grapefruit citrus is traded