Finca Decero Cabernet Sauvignon Remolinos Vineyard 2009

Translated from Spanish, Decero means "from scratch,” an apt description for the viticulture and vinification efforts at Finca Decero. What was bare patches of soil in the Argentine foothills of the Andes are now thriving vineyards and each stage of the winemaking process continues to be managed "amano,” or by hand. Remolinos, the 271 acre estate vineyard is planted on silty clay over sandy gravel and was named after the tiny whirlwinds that thread their way along the vines, keeping the grapes dry. The grapes are hand-picked, hand-sorted and processed in the estate's gravity-fed winery. Winemaker Marcos Fernandez works with consultant Paul Hobbs.