ABOUT CATENA ZAPATA
Four generations of the Catena family have farmed the vineyards of Mendoza, ever since Italian
founder Nicola Catena planted his first Malbec vines in 1902.
Robert Parker’s 2005 book about the 100 “Greatest World Wine Estates” featured only one winery from South America: Catena Zapata. Parker wrote: “Argentina’s greatest visionary is Nicolás Catena Zapata, and his crusade for high-altitude vineyards and conservative viticultural practices has resulted in one after another breakthrough wines that have pushed Argentina to
the forefront of the modern winemaking revolution.”
Joined by his daughter Dr. Laura Catena in 1995, the father-daughter team’s vision is to elevate Argentine wine for another 100 years through the study of high-altitude terroir and the preservation of ungrafted Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon massale selections.
In 2018 Catena Zapata joined La Place with two wines: Nicolás Catena Zapata, the winery’s top Cabernet Sauvignon blend, and Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terrae, the winery’s top Malbec cruJames Suckling about this Wine
Jame Suckling on this 2019 Vintage
This is made from over 100-year-old vineyards and offers blackberries with blue fruit and dark chocolate. It Shows bark and black truffle undertones, too. The quality of the tannins
is more precise and fine.”
