Finca La Anita Petit Verdot

Deep red with violet hues. The bouquet brings fruity and floral with an elegant herbaceous hints. The palate shows subtle hints of chocolate and coffee from the oak ageing with notes of mint and eucalyptus. Very polished with sophisticated build and just a little tiny hint of port. Smooth and glossy on the finish.

Bernard Fontannaz is founder of Origin Vineyards, a premium wine business built up from vineyards he owns in Argentina, South Africa and Switzerland. He purchased Finca La Anita in 2016 initially in order to secure quality grapes for his portfolio of wines produced at Mendoza Vineyards. Bernard is passionate about promoting premium wines from Argentina and is working to create a new Grand Cru style system to raise the profile of the wines of Alto Agrelo, where Finca La Anita is situated. Finca La Anita's talented young winemaker, Soledad Vargas is Mendoza-born. After obtaining a degree in Agricultural Engineering and Oenology in the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo she cut her winemaking teeth at La Crema and Cakebread in California and in Australia at Coonawarra Estate. She has been in charge of winemaking at Finca La Anita since 2010.