Cara Sucia Sangiovese
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Margherita pizza, pasta with tomato-based sauces, charcuterie board
✨ Technical Specifications
The Cara Sucia (meaning "dirty face") line is a deeply personal, nostalgic project by brothers Héctor and Pablo Durigutti, paying homage to their childhood in Rivadavia, East Mendoza. This region was historically the cradle of Argentine everyday wine, planted heavily by Italian immigrants with varieties like Sangiovese. This wine is crafted from old pergola-trained vines grown in the sandy soils of the eastern oasis. To capture the pure, unpretentious spirit of the past, the winemakers employ low-intervention techniques, fermenting the grapes with native yeasts in concrete vats without any oak aging. The result is a bright, rustic, and incredibly lively expression of Sangiovese that tells the story of Argentina's early viticultural pioneers.
🍾 About the Producer
Durigutti Family Winemakers was established in 2002 by winemaking brothers Héctor and Pablo Durigutti, who sought to champion Argentina's heritage terroirs through precise, artisanal winemaking. Their viticultural base centers on Finca Victoria in Las Compuertas, a historic high-altitude appellation within Luján de Cuyo perched above 1,000 meters along the Mendoza River. Here, ancient alluvial soils rich in silt, gravel, and limestone combine with intense Andean sunshine and marked diurnal shifts, creating optimal conditions for certified organic viticulture. Rejecting heavy-handed intervention, the Durigutti brothers emphasize spontaneous native yeast fermentations, concrete vats, ceramic amphorae, and judicious oak aging to preserve varietal clarity and site transparency. Their portfolio reflects an extraordinary stylistic breadth, anchored by the benchmark Proyecto Las Compuertas Malbec and the icon cuvée Esencia, alongside heritage recovery projects such as Cara Sucia and terroir-driven expressions from regional outposts across Mendoza and San Juan.
🍇 Grapes
Sangiovese
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%