Benegas Esate Wine Don Tiburcio Malbec Mendoza 2021

Winemaker Description

In terms of quality and price, this is arguably the best ‘Bordeaux blend’ in our portfolio, made by a winemaker who is passionate about the wines of his French cousins but still proudly Argentine. 50% Malbec, 20% Cab Franc, 20% Cab Sauv, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Merlot.

A nose of black fruits, spices, white pepper, clove, cardamon, eucalyptus, thyme and rosemary – complex in other words, with a fantastic finish.

Federico Benegas Lynch was raised at El Trapiche, a winery established in 1883 by his great, great grandfather, Don Tiburcio Benegas, one of the original pioneers of Argentine wine. The winery was finally sold in the 1970s and in 1998, following a successful business career in Buenos Aires, Federico returned to Mendoza to re-kindle his lifelong passion and professional destiny, wine. He bought Finca La Libertad, an historic 40-hectare vineyard with soils of stone on the old Upper Mendoza riverbank in Cruz de Piedra, and the old winery that belonged to his mothers family which he quickly set about refurbishing. His idea was based on the traditional French Chteaux system, where proprietorship of vineyard and winery are inextricably linked.