Ballena del Sur Sémillon Torrontés 2025

Ballena del Sur Sémillon Torrontés 2025The Zuccardi family, together again with UK importer Les Caves de Pyrene, is making very good wines from organic certified vineyards in high altitude Mendoza. Yes, we all know Malbec from Argentina, and how lucky are we to see more and more delicious whites coming out of those incredible Andean vineyards. Gorgeous, crisp blend of lush Smillon and floral Torronts. A stellar combination. Sebastin's winemaking really lets the quality of the fruit shine

and you drink this wine while you do it

there's a little whiff of something funky

The second fermentation happens in the bottle

on limestone-rich alluvial soils

and you could see the marine fossils pressed into them

all co-planted on slopes that plunge into the Sil River

because that's actually delicious enough

then a few more weeks with the lees before settling into steel tanks

It has this smokiness that you can't just call "oak" and move on

Soaked tea-bag

They have 50 hectares of vineyards

Lemon drop