Domaine Bousquet - Valle de Uco Cabernet Sauvignon

Domaine Bousquet - Valle de Uco Cabernet SauvignonA 1990 vacation in Argentina was all it took. For third generation winemaker Jean Bousquet, it was love at first sight. The object of the Frenchmans desire: the Gualtallary Valley, a scenic, remote, arid terrain high in the Tupungato district of the Uco Valley in Argentinas Mendoza region, close to the border with Chile. Here, where the condors fly and with not a vine in sight, Bousquet discovered his dream terroir, an ideal location in which to

it has been so successful for 200 years now that we jealously keep the recipe secret

the environment

It is hot and dry in Puglia

and Siegerrebe grapes

The family is unique in being the only family of all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and actively manage their own wine company

a period of rest for the soil

the province of Mendoza is known for its daring combination of elevation

30% clay-limestone

Family owned and operated

They also source grapes from high-quality growers in Kaleden and the East Kelowna area to round out their portfolio of terroir-driven wines

and Zuccardi

allowing the wine to develop at its own pace and do its own thing