Colonia Las Liebres
Mendoza, Argentina
The Bonarda Clásica is the flagship wine of the Colonia Las Liebres winery in Mendoza.
Colonia Las Liebres is the certified organic brand of Altos Las Hormigas, the Mendoza winery founded by Italians Alberto Antonini and Antonio Morescalchi, who came to Argentina in 1995; their winemaking partner Attilio Pagli is a renowned Tuscan winemaker.
The Bonarda comes from the winery’s own organic pergola vineyards in Luján de Cuyo, at about 800 metres, on fine alluvial soil.
The winemaking style is optimally favoring concentrated fruit from selected terroirs, hence no oak treatment (only stainless steel and cement tanks ageing) and the use of indigenous yeasts. The wine is chewy, ink colored, dense in the nose with very well balanced. A number of wine experts in the winemaking industry noticed it and praised the quality and winemaking process.
Colonia Las Liebres, Bonarda Clasica 2017
"It is characterful and has the varietal personality, a little rustic, with juicy fruit and a chewy texture, really good with food. This wine clearly over-delivers for the price." - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate - 90 points
Story
Colonia Las Liebres is the certified organic brand of Altos Las Hormigas, the Mendoza winery founded by Italians Alberto Antonini and Antonio Morescalchi, who arrived in 1995.
- The ants
- Altos Las Hormigas, "the heights of the ants": the founders chose not to kill the ants eating their young vines.
- Tuscan roots
- Winemaker partner Attilio Pagli, a renowned Tuscan winemaker.
