Finca Los Membrillos Semillon
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
grilled sea bass, roasted pork belly, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Finca Los Membrillos, named after the quince trees ('membrillos') that border the estate, is located in Vista Flores within the Uco Valley at an elevation of over 1,000 meters. While Mendoza is globally famous for its reds, this vineyard harbors a deep respect for Argentina's historical white wine heritage, specifically Semillon, which was once the country's most widely planted white grape. Sebastián Zuccardi crafts this wine to showcase the grape's textured, mineral-driven potential when grown in alluvial soils rich in calcium carbonate. Fermented and aged primarily in concrete vessels, the wine avoids heavy oak influence, allowing the natural herbal, citrus peel, and wet-stone characteristics of the high-altitude terroir to shine alongside a beautiful, waxen mouthfeel.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Founded in 1963 by Alberto Zuccardi in Mendoza, Argentina, Familia Zuccardi has risen to become one of the world's most visionary wine estates, currently led by third-generation winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi. Based in the high-altitude terroir of the Uco Valley, the family's state-of-the-art gravity-fed winery, Finca Piedra Infinita in Paraje Altamira, is constructed entirely from local alluvial stone and concrete. Their production philosophy centers on expressing the pure, mineral-driven identity of calcareous soils, utilizing concrete vessels and minimal oak aging to craft terroir-specific masterpieces. Renowned for world-class expressions like the single-vineyard Finca Piedra Infinita Malbec, the Aluvional series, and the elegant Emma Zuccardi Bonarda, the estate represents the pinnacle of modern Argentine viticulture. The historic estate is located at Calle Costa Canal Uco s/n, M5567 San Carlos, Mendoza, Argentina, and can be found online at https://www.zuccardivalledeuco.com.