Vinyes Ocults, Viognier, 2024, Mendoza, Argentina

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Region	Mendoza	Country	Argentina
Type	White	Grape	Viognier
Style	Aromatic, fresh & fruity	ABV	12.5%
Closure	Cork	Method	Organic, biodynamic, low sulfite

This is an unconventional wine. Don't expect to find a traditional Viognier.

About the wine

A heads-up—there’s a stylistic change with this vintage. Tomas, following a more non-interventionist philosophy, no longer filters the Viognier, resulting in a hazy, cloudy appearance. The wine has vibrant acidity with fresh flavors of peach, pear, and lemon. It’s incredibly refreshing, and We'd highly recommend it for the warmer season.

Tasting notes

Aromas of white and stone fruits—pear, apricot, and citrus—woven with delicate floral notes. The palate is vibrant, with firm, refreshing acidity—light-bodied yet compelling.

About the winemaker

In the late 2000s, word started getting around about a garagiste in Argentina whose wines were making waves despite there being hardly any bottles to speak of. That winemaker was Tomás Stahringer. Vinyes Ocults was conceived as a garage winery.

Quality sets these wines apart, but also a winemaking philosophy that borders on mysticism, signaled by the image of a grinning skull that leers from his wine labels. He sees wine as a living thing animated by the vineyard spirits that gave it life: the Andean glacial melt that refreshes the vines, the years of winegrowing knowledge that shaped the vineyard, and the people who tirelessly worked the land. This sensitivity to the environment and the grape informs his golden touch, which brings an elegance and balance seldom seen in bargain-priced wines.

Vinyes ocults means “hidden vineyard” in Catalan, and while the sites Stahringer draws from might be concealed by poplar trees, it’s not much of a mystery why they turn out such superb wines. Massive diurnal swings here in the high desert allow the grapes to reach huge phenolic ripeness basking in the daytime sunshine, while chilly nights preserve their fresh, natural acids.