Finca Flichman Dedicado Tupungato Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
This wine is pale yellow in colour with subtle aromas of lemon, apple, stone fruit and toast. It has medium body with a long finish.
The Dedicado wines are made from the best hand-harvested fruit from the high-altitude Tupungato vineyards. Tupugnato is the northernmost sub-region of the Uco Valley in Mendoza, and sits at 1,300 metres above sea level. The grapes benefit from large diurnal temperature variations which result in a longer growing season. Pedro Parra, the renowned Chilean soil mapping expert, consults on these vineyards.
All grapes were hand harvested. After gentle crushing, the must was transferred to stainless steel tanks for fermentation, which took approximately 20 days at 15ºC. A portion of the wine (35%) spent 10 months on its lees in French oak barrels, then three months in bottle before release.
| RRP | £24.99 |
| Bottle size | 75cl |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Alcoholic strength | 13% |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Subregion | Valle de Uco |
| Grapes | Chardonnay 100% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 2.5 |
| Vegetarian | Yes |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Natural Cork |
| Winemaker | Rogelio Rabino |
Finca Flichman, in southern Maipú, Mendoza, is one of Argentina’s oldest and most prestigious wineries. It was founded in 1910 by Don Sami Flichman, who emigrated to Argentina from Łódz, Poland and established the estate's first vineyards on the rocky, well-drained plots within the town of Barrancas. In 1947, Don’s son Isaac and winemaker Raúl de la Mota created ‘Caballero de la Cepa’, one of the first premium Argentinian wines to have international success. Today, winemaking is overseen by Rogelio Rabino, supported by acclaimed consultant and winemaker Alberto Antonini, as well as renowned soil and vineyard mapping expert Pedro Parra.
Sogrape, owned by the Guedes family, purchased Finca Flichman in 1998, investing heavily in restoring the vineyards and modernising the winery. In addition to the original Barrancas vineyard, they also expanded to the higher elevations of Tupungato in the Uco Valley in Mendoza. At the foot of the Andes, these vineyards benefit from large diurnal temperature variations, resulting in longer ripening seasons and more elegant styles.
