Jardín de Hormigas Los Amantes Malbec 2022

Ines Salpico, Altos Las Hormigas: The quest to reveal terroir, 21^st August 2024

It can’t be easy to be the winemaker of a project spearheaded by Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra. This big responsibility has, for the past four years, rested on the shoulders of the enthusiastic Federico Gambetta, who seems enduringly motivated by the expectations surrounding Altos Las Hormigas. He was in London recently to present the latest and upcoming releases, and discuss, quite candidly, how the wines are a work in progress – steps on a road to strip Malbec of artifice and convey an ever-purer expression of terroir. As we tasted through wines from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 vintages, the evolution towards expressiveness and drinkability was clear – especially in the unoaked Jardín de Hormigas Meteora Malbec 2021 and the barrel sample of the flagship Jardín de Hormigas Los Amantes Malbec 2022.
 

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