Finca Canal Uco
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, rich venison stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from a historic parcel in Paraje Altamira within the Uco Valley, Zuccardi's Finca Canal Uco is a profound testament to the region's extreme high-altitude terroir. The vineyard, planted in 2007, takes its name from the historic irrigation canal that borders the property, a vital lifeline that has nourished the valley for generations. Unlike the nearby Piedra Infinita vineyard which is dominated by shallow, extremely stony soils, Canal Uco features slightly deeper soils with a higher concentration of clay and silt over a bed of calcium carbonate-coated alluvial stones. This unique geological profile imparts a distinctive character to the wine, yielding a Malbec of remarkable structure, intense dark fruit, and velvety, fine-grained tannins. Sebastián Zuccardi vinifies this single-vineyard masterpiece using concrete vessels and native yeasts, followed by aging in unlined concrete and large oak foudres, ensuring that the pure, mineral-driven voice of the Altamira soil remains entirely unmasked.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1963 by Alberto Zuccardi in Mendoza, Argentina, Familia Zuccardi has evolved into one of the country's most visionary and prestigious family-owned wine dynasties. Under the leadership of José Alberto Zuccardi and third-generation winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi, the estate has shifted its focus towards high-altitude viticulture in the Uco Valley, pioneering deep geological research and unadorned concrete-vessel fermentations to express genuine site specificity. Operating state-of-the-art facilities like the acclaimed Piedra Infinita winery in Paraje Altamira, Zuccardi produces benchmark, mineral-driven Malbecs such as Finca Piedra Infinita alongside benchmark expressions of Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon across red, white, sparkling, and fortified categories.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Malbec
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14-14.5%