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Bodegas y Vinedos Hugo y Eduardo Pulenta began their venture in 1991. They still sell grapes to the likes of Catena, Cobos, and Chandon among others. In 2002, 2003, and 2005 they constructed three small winery buildings and current production is at 40-50,000 cases. They began selling in the USA market in 2008 with 20% of their production coming here.
Jay Miller - eRobertParker.com #184 Aug 2009
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
Cabernet Franc thrives in the Loire where the cooler growing conditions serve to accentuate the grape's herbaceous, grassy, lead pencil aromas. The best wines come from the tuffeaux limestone slopes of Chinon and Bourgeil where growers such as Jacky Blot produce intense well-structured wines that possess excellent cellaring potential.
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100% Cabernet Franc from the precipitous and wonderfully picturesque vineyards (perched at 980 metres above sea-level) of Alto Agrelo in the famous Mendoza region of Argentina. The wine is aged for 12 months in new French barrels after a lengthy maceration.
Beyond and beneath an impressive purple colour and ripe hedgerow aromas, the wine fascinates on the palate, with a distant evocation of the Loire Valley (courtesy of this elegant varietal) but with a New World twist. Very fine tannins hold the structure together with great elegance.
Simon Field MW , Wine Buyer
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