Vastago de GEA Malbec 2023

Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza

Notas de cata

Ruby in the glass with violet tints. The nose shows ripe red fruit, plums and cherries. Dry and fruit-driven on the palate, with the oak from partial barrel ageing staying in the background.

Marida con

• Grilled beef steak, such as Patagonian bife de chorizo
• Asado and grilled short ribs
• Grilled lamb
• Beef empanadas
• Aged hard cheeses

De dónde viene

Vástago de Gea roughly translates as 'offspring of Gaia', a shoot of the earth, and is the name Staphyle gives to its young varietal wines. This Malbec comes from Agrelo, a district of Luján de Cuyo just south of the city of Mendoza and one of Argentina's oldest wine areas. The vineyards sit at the foot of the Andes, where the climate is dry and sunny and cool nights help the grapes keep their freshness. Malbec arrived from south-west France in the 19th century and found its true home in Mendoza, becoming Argentina's signature grape. Only part of this wine sees oak, so the fruit leads. It is the kind of Malbec Argentines open with an everyday meal.

Around 30% of the wine is aged in French oak barrels.

Ficha técnica

De la bodega Staphyle

A third-generation Mendoza family with old vines in Agrelo and the first vineyard in the mountains of Potrerillos.

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