{"product_id":"los-caracoles-malbec-mendoza-argentina-2025","title":"Los Caracoles, Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eCertified Organic, with biodynamic practices. 100% Malbec. After a cold maceration of 5 days at 10ºC, fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts. Fermentation takes about 7 days. After 20 days of maceration with the skins, the wine is devatted and pressed. The priority here is freshness and fruit over extraction. Aging takes places in concrete tanks for 6 to 8 months with work on the fine lees to add texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the “caracoles” - steep switchback roads of Argentinian Andes which resemble snails - Los Caracoles is a collaboration with one of Mendoza’s best growers. The vineyards, planted 30 years ago in the early 1990s, are planted in a subregion of Uco Valley called Los Chacayes. Here, in the foothills of the Andes Cordillera, at an altitude of 1,100 m, the semi–desert conditions create ideal growing conditions for Malbec. Glacially-fed rivers flowing down from the Andes have formed alluvial soils of volcanic and granitic gravel, adding the rigors of poor, well–drained soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to the microclimate of this high–altitude desert, with very well–drained, relatively infertile, alluvial gravel soil, the wines of the Uco Valley, and especially those of Chacayes, have a unique personality, which combines freshness and concentration. A mere 4% of viticulture in Argentina is certified organic. The grower for Los Caracoles was an early pioneer in organics in Argentina. They began conversion in 2010 and reached full certification of all their vineyards in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shawn Fine Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48599261741288,"sku":"210000015990","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/3706\/5960\/files\/UseThis-ComingSoonPhoto-SmallerSize.jpg?v=1771361170","url":"https:\/\/www.shawnfinewine.com\/products\/los-caracoles-malbec-mendoza-argentina-2025","provider":"Shawn Fine Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}