HD Gran Reserva Malbec
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, rich mushroom stew
✨ Technical Specifications
The HD line represents the personal vision of winemaker Hector Durigutti, crafted as a tribute to his family's deep roots in Argentine viticulture. Sourced from prized, low-yielding old vines in the high-altitude terroir of Paraje Altamira within the Uco Valley, this Gran Reserva Malbec showcases the dramatic influence of Mendoza's mountain landscape. The vines, planted in soils rich in calcium carbonate and gravel, yield small, concentrated berries. Hector employs traditional, low-intervention winemaking techniques, including fermentation with native yeasts and aging in French oak foudres and barrels. This process preserves the intense floral aromas, dark fruit character, and distinctive chalky minerality that define Altamira's unique terroir, resulting in a wine of exceptional depth, structure, and elegance.
🍾 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
Malbec
🍷 ABV
14-14.5%