Finca Bella Vista
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted rosemary lamb chops, slow-braised beef short ribs.
✨ Technical Specifications
Finca Bella Vista is a crown jewel in Achaval Ferrer's single-vineyard trilogy, sourced from an extraordinary ungrafted Malbec vineyard planted in 1910 in Perdriel, Luján de Cuyo. Situated at 990 meters above sea level on the south bank of the Mendoza River, these centenarian vines dig deep into clay-loam soils layered over river stones. This unique terroir, combined with extremely low yields, coaxes out a remarkably elegant, aromatic, and feminine expression of Malbec. The wine is fermented in small cement tanks and aged for approximately 12 to 15 months in new French oak barrels, bottled without fining or filtration to preserve its pure, site-specific character. It stands as a testament to Argentina's pre-phylloxera viticultural heritage, offering a velvety texture and floral complexity that defines world-class Malbec.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1998 by Santiago Achával, Manuel Ferrer, Roberto Cipresso, and Italian associates—and later acquired by Tenute del Mondo—Achaval Ferrer stands as an elite vanguard of Argentine viticulture. Operating from Perdriel in Luján de Cuyo, the estate is renowned for championing ancient, low-yielding, ungrafted bush and pergola vines across disparate micro-terroirs along the Mendoza River and into the high-altitude reaches of the Uco Valley. Viticulture is practiced sustainably, eschewing chemical saturation in favor of organic soil treatments, severe green harvesting, and flood-irrigated alluvial and volcanic stony soils. Cellar protocol prioritizes low-intervention handling: unforced natural fermentations in concrete vats without chilling or acidification, subtle aging in fine French oak, and bottling unfined and unfiltered. The estate's pinnacle expressions include the acclaimed Bordeaux blend Quimera and its legendary, site-specific single-vineyard Malbec trilogy: Finca Bella Vista, Finca Mirador, and Finca Altamira, noted for immense structural precision, freshness, and profound mineral depth.
🍇 Grapes
Malbec 100%
🍷 ABV
14-14.5%