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Finca Decero 'Remolinos Vineyard' Malbec 2011
Wne Spectator 90
“This dark version offers pure black plum, dark cherry, spice and licorice notes on a full yet fresh frame, with a mineral element marking the savory finish. Drink now through 2015.” 10,000 cases imported. –NW

Wine Advocate 90
“The 2011 Remolinos Vineyard Decero Malbec is young and fruity, with harmony, good acidity, great balance and purity. Clean, long, and well-proportioned with perfectly ripe fruit, it is a delicious wine at a great price.”Drink 2014-2019.

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Wne Spectator 90
“This dark version offers pure black plum, dark cherry, spice and licorice notes on a full yet fresh frame, with a mineral element marking the savory finish. Drink now through 2015.” 10,000 cases imported. –NW

Wine Advocate 90
“The 2011 Remolinos Vineyard Decero Malbec is young and fruity, with harmony, good acidity, great balance and purity. Clean, long, and well-proportioned with perfectly ripe fruit, it is a delicious wine at a great price.”Drink 2014-2019.

“My first contact with a winery from Argentina after being assigned to review the wines from the country was with Finca Decero, and it was a very good start indeed. I met up with Juan E Marco the winery’s general manager to have a chat and taste some wines. Decero was created from zero (that’s what the name means) in 2000 by Swiss businessman Thomas Schmidheiny who has projects in Napa and Australia and a small project in Switzerland, but wine is not his main business. That year he bought the land, and they started planting in 2001 at a density around 5,000 plants per hectare, so they really started from scratch. They did some tests in 2004 and 2005 and the first commercial vintage was 2006. They only use their own grapes, so all their wines could be considered single vineyard. They call it Remolino which means small swirl of wind, a twister that is common on this Agrelo property at 1,050 meters above sea level, where there are also big temperature differences between day and night. Only red wines are produced here, wines with power and elegance and a classical proportion and harmony.” ~ Winery notes
About Finca Decero
Finca Decero has become recognized not only for having one of the highest quality vineyards in all of Mendoza, but also for catapulting into an elite group of the most highly regarded producers in Argentina. The wines all come from the single Finca Decero vineyard, and the winery's focus is entirely quality focused – the varietal Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignons they produce can easily be compared to wines selling for twice the price. These are serious wines that moreover showcase the best of Argentina: a beautiful mix of purity and elegance.

Decero, meaning 'from scratch', was born of a bare patch of land and a family's love affair with wine. Winemaking in Thomas Schmidheiny's family goes back to his grandparents in Switzerland and, just as Napa had inspired his mother Adda in the 1970s, so too did the Agrelo sub-appellation in Mendoza capture the heart and mind of Thomas when traveling over the Andes into Argentina 20 years later. In Agrelo, perhaps now considered the source of Argentina's finest red wines, Thomas instinctively knew that he had found the place to continue the family legacy and to handcraft wines whose allure would lie in being true to their origin. Once a desolate piece of land in the foothills of the Andes, absent of everything but shrubs, Finca Decero is now a one-of-a-kind vineyard where each vine is nurtured by hand and the winemaking is without compromise.

The estate has followed an 'amano', or 'by hand', approach that is sensitive to natural differences, sustainable, and human. Their philosophy is to tread lightly in an environment they have come to know intimately, almost inch-by-inch, and allow the unique natural attributes of the Remolinos vineyard and of Agrelo to shine through in the wines. The vineyard at the estate is named "Remolinos" after the tiny whirlwinds in the area that thread their way along the vines, keeping the grapes dry and in perfect condition. The 110 hectare estate was planted in 2000 to Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot (unusual for Argentine producers) and Tannat. All the Decero wines come from this single vineyard, all from hand-picked fruit.
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