Valle de Uco Malbec Finca Piedra Infinita
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, rich mushroom ragout
✨ Technical Specifications
Born from a vineyard so choked with limestone boulders that the Zuccardi family had to move over a thousand truckloads of rock just to plant the vines, Finca Piedra Infinita is a monumental achievement in modern viticulture. Located in Paraje Altamira at 1,100 meters above sea level, this single-vineyard Malbec is shaped by the extreme high-altitude sun and ancient alluvial soils rich in calcium carbonate. Winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi eschews new oak in favor of concrete vessels, allowing the wine's raw, chalky minerality, vibrant acidity, and dark floral character to shine with absolute transparency. It is a profound, structural masterpiece that redefined what Argentine Malbec could achieve.
🍾 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%