Un Lugar en los Andes Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, creamy mushroom risotto, seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Familia Zuccardi's exploration of high-altitude terroirs in the Uco Valley led to the creation of their Pinot Noir expressions, capturing the essence of 'a place in the Andes' (Un Lugar en los Andes). Grown in extreme, cool-climate micro-regions like San Pablo and Tupungato at elevations exceeding 1,300 meters, these vineyards benefit from intense alpine sunlight and dramatic diurnal temperature shifts. The soils here are alluvial and heavily marked by calcium carbonate deposits. To honor this unique terroir, the winemaking philosophy focuses on minimal intervention: utilizing concrete vessels for fermentation and aging to preserve the grape's delicate floral aromas, bright red cherry fruit, and distinct chalky minerality, completely eschewing heavy oak influence.
🍾 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
Pinot Noir