Malbec Fausto Orellana Escobar
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from vintage release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, slow-cooked beef brisket
✨ Technical Specifications
Trapiche's Terroir Series is a celebrated annual initiative that honors the exceptional grape growers of Mendoza, showcasing the profound synergy between viticulturist, vine, and terroir. The Fausto Orellana Escobar bottling highlights a historic single vineyard located in La Consulta, San Carlos, within the high-altitude Uco Valley. Planted in 1945, these ancient, ungrafted vines thrive in sandy loam soils rich in calcium carbonate. Under the meticulous care of grower Fausto Orellana Escobar, the low-yielding old vines yield Malbec of remarkable concentration, structural depth, and mineral complexity. The wine undergoes traditional fermentation and is aged for approximately 18 months in new French oak barrels, delivering a sophisticated profile of dark plum, violets, graphite, and seamless, velvety tannins.
🍾 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
Malbec
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.5%