Valles Bonarda
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled pork chops, classic beef empanadas, pasta with rich tomato-based meat sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
The Valles Bonarda by Familia Zuccardi is a vibrant tribute to Argentina's historic grape varieties. Long overshadowed by Malbec and historically relegated to bulk blending, Bonarda has found a champion in the Zuccardi family, who treat it with artisanal respect. Sourced from selected vineyards in the traditional viticultural valleys of Mendoza, where warm days and cool nights allow this late-ripening variety to mature fully, this wine is crafted to highlight pure varietal expression. Fermented in temperature-controlled concrete vessels and aged without heavy oak influence, it captures the grape's signature juicy red and black fruit character, soft tannins, and bright acidity. The Zuccardi family's dedication to this variety honors the Italian immigrants who first brought Bonarda to Argentina, transforming it from a workhorse grape into a celebrated, terroir-driven star of modern Argentine viticulture.
🍾 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
Bonarda
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%