2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Invader’ Chenin Blanc Pet-Nat, Rio Negro, Argentina Oriol Artigas cold settling before fermentation begins

cold settling before fermentation begins

for about a month

Indigenous yeasts

Vines here are 40 to 60 years and are in organic viticulture (other parcels are being converted)

the MT was crushed and the Riesling was pressed whole bunch - the whole bunch Riesling juice went ontop of the crushed MT for all of alcoholic fermentation

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Invader’ Chenin Blanc Pet-Nat, Rio Negro, Argentina Oriol Artigas cold settling before fermentation beginsAn irresistibly delicious sparkling wine and a cool piece of Argentinas history. In the 1950s (and before they landed in Napa), Chandon planted grapes in Argentina for the purpose of making cool climate sparkling wine; but, finding the massive, wild Patagonia region too difficult to farm, the vineyards were abandoned in favor of California. Matas has now purchased this vineyard and rehabilitated old, ungrafted Chenin Blanc vines, fulfilling their