From The Producer: Sebastián Zuccardi
“We craft mountain wines. The Andes Mountains define the identity of our wines, playing a decisive role in shaping the climate, water, and soils. We believe that the Uco Valley due to its proximity is the area that best expresses this mountain identity within Mendoza. From the moment we began exploring its diversity, I was captivated by the austere richness and uniqueness of each of its villages. *Polígonos* is the expression of these Valley villages. These wines take us on a journey through these places, traversing their landscapes, climates, and soils. The grapes come from diverse locations villages inhabited by winegrowers for generations. Visualizing these villages on a map reveals shapes and edges: a whimsical geometry as diverse as the sides of a polygon, and as varied as the wines from each village.”
José Zuccardi, the patriarch of the Zuccardi family, first planted verdejo in the late 1990s, in Santa Rosa, in the lowlands of Mendoza. When the San Pablo Vineyard was planted at the altitude of the Uco Valley, one of the varieties chosen was verdejo. This is one of the few verdejos in South America.
Location: The verdejo was grown in the Andean foothills at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,700 meters, San Pablo sits just 500 meters from the mountain front. This extreme proximity to the peaks gives the region a cold, harsh climate marked by bracingly low minimum temperatures. Yet, despite the demanding weather, the landscape is lush with trees and winding streams—a true oasis in the high desert. Below the surface, its rich alluvial soils were formed by the Las Tunas River and are characterized by a layer of medium-sized, limestone-coated gravel.
Vintage: The 2024 vintage was mild and dry, with slow, steady ripening. This resulted in excellent grape health and wines characterized by freshness, structure, superb natural acidity, balance, and elegance.
“Of all winemakers in Argentina, Sebastián Zuccardi is arguably the person who has done the most to champion the Uco Valley’s different terroirs, seeking to express them as faithfully as possible in the bottle” writes Tim Atkin MW. That’s precisely what Sebastián set out to achieve with his Polígonos or ‘village’ range – wines that represent the different characters of each village.
Here is a wine that displays a feast of white-fruit flavors and spicy and herbal tones, a very full-bodied palate marked by acidity that makes your mouth water.
