The range of wines "Reserve" is presented monosortovymi delicious wines created from grapes harvested from old vines and aged for a long time in French oak barrels.
All wines "reserves" are elegantly complex flavor and demonstrate a harmonious blend of rich fruit on the palate with notes of wood.
Malbec Reserva wine made from Malbec grapes grown in the vineyard Finca Lunlunta Lujan de Cuyo in Mendoza, located at an altitude of 850-1100 meters above sea level. Age of vines is 80 years, planting density - 3,500 plants per hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand in 20-kg boxes to preserve the integrity of berries. At the winery the grapes first passes cold maceration for 5 days at a temperature of 8-10 ° C. Fermentation with natural yeast at 25 ° C lasts 7 days, followed by a 30-day maceration and malolactic fermentation. Aging wine in French oak barrels of first and second use is 12 months after bottling the wine is further aged in bottles for another 10 months. Malbec Reserva has a fine tannic structure, which allows to store wine at least 8 years.
Bodega Norton - the fourth largest producer of Argentina, one of the most successful wineries of the country, which produces a range of high quality wines. Winery was founded in 1895 by English engineer Edmund Norton Palmer, who arrived in Mendoza for the construction of the railway. Fascinated by the local terroir, Norton planted here brought from France Grapes. Bodega Norton became the first winery in the southern part of the valley of the river Mendoza - the field, which today is considered the best wine region of Argentina. It produces 75% of the wines of the region. In 1989 the company was acquired by the Austrian businessman Gernot Langes-Swarovski, who appreciated the potential of Argentine wines and attracted to the work of skilled professionals. Langes-Swarovski also modernized the winery, installing modern equipment of the French and Italian production. Currently Bodega Norton owns five farms ("Finca") with a total area of more than 1200 hectares, of which 680 ha of vines. Introduced in the vineyards viticulture partsellyarnoe: work at each site is built taking into account its features.