Fond Cave Reserva Tempranillo Ugarteche
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, roasted pork loin, aged Manchego cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Trapiche's Fond de Cave Reserva Tempranillo represents a classic Argentine tradition of reserving the finest, most age-worthy barrels for special occasions. Originating from the Ugarteche district in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, this wine highlights Argentina's historical relationship with Spanish grape varieties. Ugarteche's terroir, characterized by clay-loam soils and a dramatic diurnal temperature variation, allows the Tempranillo grape to ripen slowly, retaining its natural acidity while developing deep, dark fruit flavors. The wine is traditionally aged in oak barrels to integrate its structured tannins, resulting in a savory, complex red that bridges Old World structure with New World fruit intensity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Bodega Trapiche is one of Argentina's oldest, most revered, and internationally recognized wine producers, based in Maipú, Mendoza. Operating from a historic Florentine-style winery at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, the estate combines over a century of viticultural heritage with pioneering innovation and biodynamic practices. Renowned as a trailblazer of Argentine Malbec, Trapiche works with grower vineyards across premium microclimates to craft terroir-driven Single Vineyard selections, versatile Oak Cask varietals, and elegant white and sparkling wines that celebrate the diverse terroirs of Mendoza.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14%