VERUM CAB FRANC 2020

History
In 2001, the Del Río Elorza Family acquired a 40-hectare farm. in Colonia Lucinda de Fernández Oro, in the Alto Valle del Río Negro, at 39° south latitude of Argentine Patagonia, where a vineyard had been planted in the first decades of the 20th century. In 2004, work began on recovering the old vines that had been abandoned on the estate for almost a hundred years and planted 20 hectares with high density (5,500 plants per ha.) with specially selected clones of Malbec, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay. In order to achieve the best and most rational use of water, they installed a mechanized drip irrigation system and another sprinkler irrigation system for active protection against frost, the only risk factor for production in Patagonia.