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Barnes’ mixed dozen: best of Luján de Cuyo

1 Mendel, La Primera Revancha Chenin Blanc, Agrelo 2019 93

N/A UK www.revanchavinos.com

From old-vine Chenin, planted in the 1950s, which Luján maestro Roberto de la Mota first vinified when he worked with his father in 1985, rediscovering the old block a couple of years ago. Flinty with bracing acidity. Drink 2020-2030 Alcohol 13.7%

2 Durigutti, Proyecto Las Compuertas Malbec95

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