Ver Sacrum, Geisha Dragon del Desierto

Wine Type: White

Grape(s): 70% Viognier, 20% Marsanne, 10% Pedro Giménez (Criolla Blanca)

Country: Argentina

Region: IG Los Chacayes, Uco Valley, Mendoza

Organic: No

Vegan: Yes

ABV: 12.5%

Tasting Notes: An incredibly fresh wine given the winemaking techniques, yet with a texture verging on voluptuous. Aromas include freshly-baked bread, melon and pineapple. This is rich yet precise in the mouth.

Winemaking: Co-fermented with airborne yeast in a single raw concrete 3,000 litre egg-shaped fermenter with 35 days’ open/oxidative fermentation. 90% of the wine stays in the egg sur lie (on the lees) for 11 months; the other 10% is aged under flor (a blanket of yeast) in French oak barrels before being back blended with the main body of the wine.

The final wine is then aged for a further 12 months in bottle prior to release. The results are extraordinary.