2022 Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard 'River Stones' Malbec Gualtallary, Argentina
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River Stones
• Stony Sovereign
Nicolás Catena’s defiant climb to 4,800 feet birthed Adrianna, where ancient river stones cradle Malbec’s untamed soul.
This parcel pioneered Malbec’s terroir revolution, birthing wines that shattered borders and claimed South America’s first perfect scores.
Pure Malbec from calcium-flecked riverbed gravel, wild-yeast fermented with whole clusters, then hushed 21 months in ancient foudres to etch purity into power.
Violets collide with black cherry and graphite, cracked pepper igniting wet stones in a feral rush of floral fury and metallic edge.
Somms hoard it for velvet-draped tables, a spectral force that eclipses the ordinary, evoking the hush of chambers where legends convene unseen.
Early vintages fetch collector frenzy; etch your name in Adrianna’s eternal flow before the riverbed yields its final whisper.