We dedicate this unique collection of Malbecs to its spiritual home, the Land of Malbec.
Singular location
Altitude, soils, sunshine, water, climate, diurnal temperature variance.
Singular people
Desert-tamers, ex-immigrant families, artisan farmers, fair trade winegrowers.
Singular varietal
Rich, velvety, juicy, chocolatey, structured, satisfying, a consistent value.
Our Wines
MALBEC
With its deep red appearance and beautiful violet reflections, this wine presents exquisite notes of plums, cherries and blackberries complemented by soft and delicious vanilla hints from the oak aging. Sweet and velvety tannins on the palate culminating in a delicious, lingering finish.
MALBEC ROSÉ
This wine´s appearance stands out for its attractive pale pink color with reddish tones. With exquisite and refined strawberry aromas. Fresh on the palate with a good acid structure leading to an elegant, long finish.
WHITE MALBEC
Bright and lively wine with steely tones. Its aromas reminiscence floral and sweet notes accompanied by fresh citrus and herbal hints.
On the palate it manifest a smooth centre with a good acid balance.
One finds many famous names in the world of wine. Some belong to wealthy families praised for the quality of their vineyards and wines. Others are trademarks of powerful wine and spirits companies.
In the United States market, the top ten corporate marketers now control over 70% of total wine sales. This trend of global consolidation is squeezing the life out of small family winegrowers, the soul of authentic, terroir-based wine.
Land of Malbec belongs to Fecovita, the largest wine cooperative in the world. Our corporate mission for more than forty years has focused on fair trade winegrowing and ethical practices. We empower thousands of independent grower-producers in Argentina to work their own land and make needed upgrades in the vineyard from generation to generation.
Fecovita’s 29 wineries and 54 regional cooperatives oversee the democratic governance of the entire business. This fair-trade model is practical as well as ethical. It prioritises investments in quality and sustainability, while also preserving all the artisanal traditions of family winegrowing.
Our growers bring their grapes to the winery with pride: citizens and co-owners of the Land of Malbec.
5000
winegrowers
25000
hectares of vineyards
Humble beginnings, then a journey by sea
In simpler times, before the pestilence Phylloxera ravaged Europe, a provincial grape known as Côt prospered in southwest France. Its vines spread to Bordeaux where it came to be known as Malbec and grew side by side with its cousin, Merlot.
After centuries of success in Bordeaux, Malbec travelled to the New World among the vine cuttings brought from France by a young agronomist named Michel Pouget. Unknowingly, the Malbec cuttings in his luggage were from a special clone with a bolder, more supple character.
On April 17th, 1853 Michel founded a winemaking school in Mendoza, Argentina. This date is memorialized today as World Malbec Day.
Desert tamers of Mendoza
Working-class European immigrants played an essential role popularizing Malbec in Argentina. Malbec was the grape variety of choice for many early winegrowers on their small government land grants.
Known as “desert tamers,” these rugged pioneers used meltwater from the Andes to turn the parched land of Mendoza green with vineyards.
The common people of 19th Century Argentina fell in love with the Malbec, both as a grape and as a wine. Historians called it a “peasant rebellion.”
