Icon This is a blend with Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, Luigi Bosca signature. Arizu engineer, one of its creators, said that this product was made possible by the quality of the vineyards.
The name of the new release of Luigi Bosca began to be made public two weeks ago when the family gave him Arizu President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner its flagship wine, named Icon. The name of this blend was not placed randomly. Icon is the name given in viticulture to fine wines, these incunabula of high quality which are defined by their value. This week the first presentation was made in that society, it is said, is one of the most expensive wines from Argentina ($ 400 a bottle).
Agronomist Alberto Arizu, grandson of the company founder, Leoncio Arizu explained that this wine took at least four years of work. For four years he worked in the vineyard choosing plants, vines or vines that were to form this wine, are plants that underwent special care to check that they were truly balanced. Not only was there a selection of the place but the vines, which through the years showed that they could provide the same types of cluster and the same types of foliage, thus demonstrating its balance with the environment. According Arizu Icon is a wine that represents the philosophy of the company has over 100 years and have always grown Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, the two grapes that made this blend. 100 years Enamorado Vineyards Vineyard, the family patriarch argues that the wines are not made according to the tastes and whims of the market. Is vineyard which defines the product, you give the best of themselves, never backwards. Under this concept other wines of high value markets such as English, as the Gala 1, 2 and 3, Luigi Bosca Reserva Malbec Single Vineyard DOC, Finca Los Nobles and sophisticated collection created foaming Bohème. Following his philosophy, Arizu believes Argentina has a distinctive feature in their vineyards that often is not appreciated justly. In Argentina we have vineyards 150 years, a unique and irreplaceable genetic material from which new vines emerged, is a heritage of great value, and is what differentiates us.
The Arizu engineer noted for the interest shown varieties acclimated to our soil. Highly differentiated clones that give a wine of extraordinary features. I worked 30 years with the engineer Mayor exceptional ampelographer, who devoted his life to tour the province and classify the varieties of collections ampelográficas emerged. Both worked on the family estates in Luján vines classifying all its features. From there I chose the best to make our wines, he said. In this regard stressed that the European varieties that brought immigrants acclimated to our soil have a cultural and technical value far superior to varieties of nursery. Limited editions The first edition of 4,657 bottles Icon will be released in late March. This edition remained two years in barrel and 7 months in bottle. Half of this limited production is already sold. It is a wine that has happened twice new barrel which has allowed an opening that allows it to be taken now and in many years, say its creators. Considered a blend for collectors, the idea is to keep producing it every year, continuing a line representing Mendoza, Lujan particularly as producing area. I think this wine has a stamp that shows the character of the region, and the thought and the history of our winery, said Arizu. The engineer found that this new creation comes Vineyard: a well maintained a splendid vine wine arises. It always amazes satisfies. A Vineyard we have always cultivated as an army of aligned rows, but in a geographical area in which the vine coexists with other species, because that was from the beginning, coexistence is generating a more balanced wine. Source: Area Wine- Editec SRL
