Region: Mendoza, Argentina

Composition: 100% Malbec

History: Founded by Ernesto Catena, a fourth-generation winemaker of Italian descent, Padrillos wines are inspired by Ernesto’s passion for horses. Ernesto has over 30 retired polo ponies from his own stud farm who now enjoy life in his vineyards in Mendoza. Stallions (stallions) express the wild spirit of the true Argentine varieties. Having spent part of his life working as a designer and being an ardent student of Renaissance humanism, Ernesto sees it as his mission to transform everything in his world of wine into art, from growing the grapes to making wine to selling it.

Tasting Notes:

With a young profile, this wine has a fresh style with violet floral aromas and flavors of plum, cherries, dried berries and an aftertaste of white peppercorns. Ideal to consume now for its robust and indomitable vitality.

Awards: 91pts James Suckling