Fran Malbec
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled burgers, pasta with tomato sauce, mild cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Fran' range by Nieto Senetiner represents a contemporary, vibrant approach to Argentina's signature grape. Named as an inviting, friendly nod to a younger generation of wine enthusiasts, Fran Malbec is crafted to showcase the pure, unadorned fruit character of Mendoza's vineyards. Unlike the estate's more structured, oak-matured reserve bottlings, Fran focuses on freshness, high drinkability, and immediate accessibility. Fermented with temperature control to preserve primary aromas, it highlights bright red fruit notes, floral hints of violet, and exceptionally smooth, soft tannins. It reflects Nieto Senetiner's ability to marry their historic winemaking legacy with a modern, casual style of everyday enjoyment.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1888 by Italian immigrants in Vistalba, Bodega Nieto Senetiner stands as one of the historic pillars of Luján de Cuyo viticulture. Acquired by the Nieto and Senetiner families in 1969 and integrated into Molinos Río de la Plata in 1998, the estate commands prime holdings across Vistalba and Agrelo, including Finca Villa Blanca and Finca Las Tortugas. Situated between 950 and 1,150 meters above sea level against the Andean backdrop, the vineyards thrive on alluvial clay-loam and gravelly soils subjected to wide diurnal temperature shifts and intense high-altitude sunlight. Winemaker Santiago Mayorga crafts both classic reds and pristine, aromatic whites and rosés with modern precision. While globally acclaimed for benchmark Malbec and heritage Bonarda, the estate demonstrates deft mastery of aromatic and refreshing profiles through everyday and fruit-forward ranges such as Benjamín, Fran, and Emilia, preserving pure varietal expression, vibrant natural acidity, and refined balance across Torrontés, Moscatel de Alejandría, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay.
🍇 Grapes
Malbec
🍷 ABV
13%