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Bodega Enrique Foster
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ENRIQUE FOSTER
In the center of the world's premier location for Malbec - Lujan De Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, they have built a state-of-the-art gravity-flow winery surrounded by 80-year old vines. They have a vineyard, in Carrodilla, where they built the winery, consists of 30 acres of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines planted in 1919 and the vineyard, in Las Compuertas, has 20 acres of less venerable vines planted in 1966. The construction began by digging out a huge crater of more than 6000 cubic meters to create cellars which will accommodate up to 2000 barrels. The cellars were then totally buried under tons of earth and highly-insulating pumice stone to assure a constant temperature and humidity ideal for the ageing of Malbec without the use of air conditioning. The winemaker is Mauricio Lorca.
ENRIQUE FOSTER
In the center of the world's premier location for Malbec - Lujan De Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina, they have built a state-of-the-art gravity-flow winery surrounded by 80-year old vines. They have a vineyard, in Carrodilla, where they built the winery, consists of 30 acres of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines planted in 1919 and the vineyard, in Las Compuertas, has 20 acres of less venerable vines planted in 1966. The construction began by digging out a huge crater of more than 6000 cubic meters to create cellars which will accommodate up to 2000 barrels. The cellars were then totally buried under tons of earth and highly-insulating pumice stone to assure a constant temperature and humidity ideal for the ageing of Malbec without the use of air conditioning. The winemaker is Mauricio Lorca.