Finca Los Membrillos Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
grilled sea bass, roasted pork belly, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
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.
🍾 About the Producer
Familia Zuccardi was founded in 1963 by engineer Alberto 'Tito' Zuccardi, who planted experimental vines in Mendoza to demonstrate an innovative irrigation system. Under the stewardship of his son José Alberto and grandson Sebastián Zuccardi, the estate transformed into a vanguard of modern Argentine viticulture, shifting the focus decisively toward the high-altitude, cool-climate micro-terroirs of the Uco Valley. At elevations ranging from 1,000 to over 1,400 meters—most notably in Paraje Altamira, San Pablo, and Gualtallary—the estate farms on alluvial soils richly encrusted with calcium carbonate and marine limestone deposits. Farming avoids synthetic agrochemicals and embraces organic practices. Vinification prioritizes transparency and place, favoring spontaneous native-yeast fermentations in unlined concrete amphorae and minimal oak intervention. Renowned for parcel-specific Malbecs like Finca Piedra Infinita alongside taut, mineral white expressions such as Botanico Chardonnay and Polígonos Semillón, Zuccardi crafts wines marked by chiseled acidity, chalky tannins, and pristine Andean tension.
🍇 Grapes
Semillon