2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Clemens Busch Grown by Mike Sleggers

Grown by Mike Sleggers

one a 44-year-old selection massale

Making of: Fermented in a concrete

Because Larry has never met an old vine vineyard he didn’t like

60 barrels blended in this batch

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Clemens Busch Grown by Mike SleggersFor Matas, this is one of the most important vineyards in Mendozas Uco Valley. Here, Sauvignon Blanc is rooted in white, calcareous soils aromatic earth as he calls it infusing the wine with soft, chalky minerality. It also defends the grape against its tendency to become a caricature of itself: the grapes signature (and often, sharp) green flavors come in the form of delicate baby parsley and fresh cut flowers; its punchy grapefruit citrus is traded