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Chapter I

The Altitude Advantage

Altitude defines the grape

At 1,100 meters above sea level, the Uco Valley's extreme diurnal shift concentrates anthocyanins in ways no lowland vineyard can replicate.

Volcanic soil, not marketing

Alluvial deposits of limestone and basalt yield a minerality you taste before you can name it, parcel by parcel, row by row.

Time is the only filter

Twenty-two months in French oak, then eighteen more in bottle. No vintage reaches market before its moment has fully arrived.

One grape, many voices

Our northern parcels yield violet and plum; the southern blocks give slate and black pepper. Same variety, distinct expressions.