2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Clemens Busch the smallest in Montalcino

the smallest in Montalcino

there’s a good length

600 vines/ha

one a 44-year-old selection massale

2024 Matías Riccitelli ‘Kung Fu’ Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina Clemens Busch the smallest in MontalcinoFor Matas, this is one of the most important vineyards in Mendozas Uco Valley. Here, Sauvignon Blanc is rooted in white, calcareous soils aromatic earth as he calls it infusing the wine with soft, chalky minerality. It also defends the grape against its tendency to become a caricature of itself: the grapes signature (and often, sharp) green flavors come in the form of delicate baby parsley and fresh cut flowers; its punchy grapefruit citrus is traded