Saint Felicien Tributo Al Segundo Centenario Malbec
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, beef empanadas
✨ Technical Specifications
The Saint Felicien line by Catena Zapata holds a historic place in Argentine viticulture, famously launching in 1963 as the country's first varietal-labeled wine, and later expanding to showcase the profound potential of Malbec. The Tributo Al Segundo Centenario Malbec is a special commemorative bottling created to honor the bicentennial of Argentina's 1810 May Revolution. Sourced from select high-altitude vineyards in Mendoza, this wine represents the culmination of the Catena family's pioneering research into mountain terroirs. It is crafted using traditional fermentation techniques and aged in French oak barrels, resulting in a deeply concentrated, elegant expression of Malbec that balances rich dark fruit flavors with refined tannins and a distinct mineral backbone characteristic of Mendoza's high-elevation soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1902 by Italian immigrant Nicola Catena, Bodega Catena Zapata is the preeminent pioneer of modern Argentine viticulture. In the 1980s and 1990s, third-generation visionary Nicolás Catena Zapata revolutionized the domestic industry by venturing into extreme high-altitude Andean terroirs, most notably planting the famed Adrianna Vineyard in Gualtallary at nearly 1,500 meters above sea level. Today directed by Dr. Laura Catena and celebrated winemaking director Alejandro Vigil, the estate pairs rigorous micro-terroir research through the Catena Institute of Wine with precision viticulture across alluvial, limestone-laced gravel soils. Fermentations frequently incorporate whole clusters and indigenous yeasts, vinified in concrete, oak foudres, and French barriques to preserve freshness, structural nuance, and site-specific tension. Benchmark bottlings such as the flagship Nicolás Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae Malbec, and Adrianna Vineyard White Stones Chardonnay stand as global archetypes of high-elevation South American fine wine.
🍇 Grapes
Malbec