South America | Argentina | Mendoza | Pielihueso
Pielihueso
Wines
Summary
Spanish for “skin and bones”, this estate was founded in 2017 when father/daughter combo Celina and Alejandro Bartolome planted vines in Los Chacayes and Los Sauces (both subregions of the Uco Valley located within Tunuyan). Tucked into the Andes foothills in the Tunuyán region, Los Chacayes is a relatively new wine region in the Uco Valley. It was pioneered by the Lurton brothers, François and Jacques, famed Bordeaux winemakers who decided to invest in Argentina and plant in this virgin land back in 1996.
While it isn’t an enormous area, it is quite a diverse region. There are over 700 meters in difference between the highest- and lowest-altitude sites, which in turn make for climatic differences, with sites ranging from moderately warm to extremely cool-climate. What is more, there are also diverse alluvial and colluvial soils with granite, sand, clay, boulders, and metamorphic and volcanic rocks. And all this within a 15km radius. Its great diversity means that Los Chacayes is suitable for a wide range of varieties.
The wines are all farmed organically and made with no corrections, fermented with native yeast and a low addition of sulfur is added just before bottling. Alejandro comes from a long background in organic farming and this is the family’s first foray into wine. The labels were created by the family too! Carmela, the other daughter designed the labels from their brother’s artwork.
