Bodegas Cuarto Dominio

Bodega Cuarto Dominio is an exciting new addition to our Argentina wine range. It is a joint project between two 4th generation members of renowned wine families, both of whom have been growing vines and making wine in Argentina for over 100 years. Javier Catena, winemaker, is Nicolás Catena’s nephew whilst Andres Blanchard comes from a long line of viticulturalists; his great grandfather from Savoy in France planted the first family vineyard in Maipu, Mendoza’s central valley, in 1911.

The bodega’s house style is one of freshness. They do not look for over-extraction or over-maturation of the grapes and prefer instead to produce concentrated but lifted, vibrant wines. This is due in part to their high altitude location (some vineyards over 900m) in La Consulta in the Uco Valley in Medoza and also to a small parcel of phenomenal old vine Cabernet Franc that goes into the wines. The production is small - only ten barrels a year are produced of the icon wine, the Bodega Cuarto Dominio Malbec. This is a producer to watch.
Catriona Felstead MW, New World Buyer, September 2015