LAS ESTELAS
Winery and Vineyards – TUPUNGATO, UCO VALLEY, MENDOZA
STAR BY NAME, STARS BY NATURE…
It is with great pride and joy that we announce the arrival of an exciting new Argentine supplier to the portfolio (April 2023) – Estela Perinetti and her wines known as Las Estelas. Estela was one of the first of South America’s rapidly growing family of women winemakers. She spent more than two decades heading up some of Catena’s most high-profile winery projects and she has been very much in demand as one of Mendoza’s leading consultants since. Las Estelas is her baby!
The story begins in the early 1940s when Estela’s grandfather, Dr. Hector Perinetti, son of an immigrant from Piedmont, purchased a piece of land in Tupungato and planted Semillon. (At that time this area was considered too cold for red grapes!) When aged just two years old his eldest son, Hector Junior, named the vineyard – Finca Mangato.
As these vines became old and increasingly non-viable in the 1990s, Estela and her mother – Estela Armando, also a winemaker! – decided to grub up the Semillon to plant red varietals such as Malbec, the Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc, and Merlot and Syrah, and these vines form the basis of Las Estelas today. A little Chardonnay is also planted, watch this space.
Estela and her team are new friends to Ucopia, and we look forward to learning more and more about this special place and winemaking philosophy with each new vintage. In the meantime, Estela says this… “We want to pay tribute to all the women in the family and all those who work alongside us. The presence of women has had a fundamental role in Las Estelas Wines… they work our lands with passion and commitment… Argentina is not just one wine, Malbec is not just a type of wine, and we are not just Malbec.”
Leticia Cabernet Cabernet
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Leticia Malbec Del Valle
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Las Estelas Malbec
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Las Estelas Cabernet Franc
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Vineyard Collection Chardonnay
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Vineyard Collection Pinot Noir
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Grand Vin
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