{"product_id":"bodegas-y-vinedos-nicolas-catena-la-marchigiana-criolla-chica-rose-2023-750ml","title":"Bodegas y Viñedos Nicolas Catena - La Marchigiana Criolla Chica Rose 2023 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVineyard name: Finca Los Paraisos, El Mirador, Rivadavia\u003cbr\u003e\nSoil composition: Loamy sandy\u003cbr\u003e\nVarietal composition: 100% Criolla Chica\u003cbr\u003e\nFermentation container: Clay Pots\u003cbr\u003e\nLength of alcoholic fermentation: 21 days\u003cbr\u003e\nFermentation temperature: 68-72 °F\u003cbr\u003e\nMalolactic fermentation: Partial\u003cbr\u003e\nFining agent: None\u003cbr\u003e\nType of aging container: Clay Pots\u003cbr\u003e\nLength of aging before bottling: 256 days\u003cbr\u003e\nPrefermentation technique: Cold maceration\u003cbr\u003e\nTime on its skins: 256 Days\u003cbr\u003e\nAlcohol: 11.7%\u003cbr\u003e\npH level: 3.35\u003cbr\u003e\nResidual sugar: 0.87 g\/L\u003cbr\u003e\nAcidity: 5.24 g\/L\u003cbr\u003e\nLa Marchigiana Criolla Chica 2023\u003cbr\u003e\nW I N E D E S C R I P T I O N\u003cbr\u003e\nLa Marchigiana honors the natural and sulfite-free homemade wine legacy with this\u003cbr\u003e\nvery\u003cbr\u003e\nlimitied production. In 1898, Nicola Catena arrived in Argentina from Le Marche, Italy, bringing\u003cbr\u003e\nwith him the family tradition of creating natural wines, preserved only by their own tannins. It is\u003cbr\u003e\na \"naked wine\", in which only the grapes and terroir speak.\u003cbr\u003e\nOnce settled in Argentina, Nicola embraced the practice of fermenting wine in Clay pots. Widely\u003cbr\u003e\nspread in the Cuyo region, this practice dates back to Colonial times where wine was made\u003cbr\u003e\nfrom Criolla grapes in amphoras and \"botijas\u003cbr\u003e\nLa Marchigiana was Nicola Catena’s label, used in the oak barrels containing bulk winethat were\u003cbr\u003e\nsent to Buenos Aires to be sold in the finest restaurants of that time. This label has been\u003cbr\u003e\nhanging at the winery and at Nicolás Catena Zapata’s office since Laura and Adrianna Catena\u003cbr\u003e\nwere children.\u003cbr\u003e\nLa Marchigiana stands for the women from Le Marche and that iswhy there is a woman\u003cbr\u003e\nharvesting and handing grapes to a man with a basket on the label.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe style is early 20th century and the label says Bodega y Viñedos Nicolás Catena, because\u003cbr\u003e\nNicola Catena was made to change his name to Nicolás when he became an Argentine citizen.\u003cbr\u003e\nLaura observes that it was a smart idea to celebrate women harvesting since hergreat-\u003cbr\u003e\ngrandfather’s wife, Ana Mosceta de Catena was also from Le Marche and loved her vines.\u003cbr\u003e\nBecause of this, Laura’s great- grandfather use to call her his\u003cbr\u003e\n“vine whisperer”.\u003cbr\u003e\nExtremely Limited Production-US Allocation\u003cbr\u003e\nV I N E Y A R D \u0026amp; P R O D U C T I O N I N F O\u003cbr\u003e\nW I N E M A K I N G \u0026amp; A G I N G\u003cbr\u003e\nA N A LY T I C A L D A TA\u003cbr\u003e\nP R O D U C E R P R O F I L E\u003cbr\u003e\nEstate owned by: Nicolás Catena\u003cbr\u003e\nWinemaker: Alejandro Vigil\u003cbr\u003e\nTotal acreage under vine: 900\u003cbr\u003e\nEstate founded: 1902\u003cbr\u003e\nRegion: Mendoza\u003cbr\u003e\nCountry: Argentina\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodegas y Vinedos Nicolas Catena","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47387685978336,"sku":"123835","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/bodegas-y-vinedos-nicolas-catena-la-marchigiana-criolla-chica-rose_1.jpg?v=1747689359","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/bodegas-y-vinedos-nicolas-catena-la-marchigiana-criolla-chica-rose-2023-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}