Finca Las Cuchillas San Pablo
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled sea bass, creamy mushroom risotto, roasted chicken with herbs
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the extreme, high-altitude frontier of San Pablo IG in the Uco Valley, Finca Las Cuchillas sits at an impressive 1,400 meters above sea level. Here, the cold mountain nights and intense Andean sunshine create a unique microclimate where grapes ripen slowly, retaining remarkable natural acidity. The name 'Las Cuchillas' (The Knives) pays homage to the sharp, cold winds that sweep down from the Andes and the knife-like ridges of the surrounding landscape. Sebastián Zuccardi crafts this exceptional white wine to reflect the pure, mineral-drenched identity of the estate's calcareous soils. Fermented and aged primarily in concrete vessels and large, neutral oak foudres, the wine avoids the heavy, buttery oak cliches of the past, instead delivering a chiseled, flinty, and intensely vibrant profile that redefines modern Argentine white wine.
🍾 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
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13%