La Marchigiana Bonarda from the Catena Zapata winery is an ode to the more traditional way of winemaking of Nicola Catena's ancestors. A full-bodied natural red wine of many claims, from the most popular wine brand in the world, which has previously attracted the attention of great wine critics.
The history of the winery goes back to 1898 when Nicola Catena from Le Marche, Italy, settled in Mendoza, Argentina with the intention of making it big and he succeeded. In 1902 he founded Catena Zapata and stood out for the way he highlighted the exceptional terroirs of the very high altitudes, at the foot of the Andes. There he discovered that the average temperature and the environmental conditions caused the perfect ripening of the grapes, while he cultivated each vineyard separately, to fully highlight the authentic expression of the fruit.
With La Marchigiana he marries the traditions of two worlds. The traditional manual harvest and natural vinification of Marche, with the special fermentation method used in Cuyo, Argentina, in clay containers. Grapes of the Bonarda variety, from the Finca La Vendimia vineyard, were fermented in the containers for 19 days and the precious juice remained there for another 8 months until it was bottled, with zero addition of sulfites. The result; A full-bodied wine, with juicy black fruit, round tannins, and a velvety texture, that creates emotions!
Bonarda La Marchigiana will bring to mind vintage images of another era and aromas that you rarely find. It is one of the few natural wines that you will taste and feel like you made yourself in the vineyard that stretches right behind your house. You may not have, but it's worth even just a few minutes to feel it just by tasting it.
*(Of course you have bottled this masterpiece in very few bottles...)
