2023 Escala Humana 'Livvera' Bequignol, Uco Valley, Argentina Alvaro Castro Actively engaging with agroforestry

Actively engaging with agroforestry

60% reserve wines

• Practicing Organic• 100% Chardonnay• Sourced from Trout Gulch Vineyard (Santa Cruz Mountains AVA)• East facing site • Sand and lifted shallow seabed soils• 35-40-year-old own-rooted vines• Hand-harvested• Crushed on the stem and pressed• Fermented in 7–12-year-old barrels with complete malo• Aged in barrel for 12 months on gross lees• Racked and consolidated into stainless steel for an additional 3-6 months prior to bottling• 12

a parcel of 60-year-old Chardonnay vines on less than a tenth of a hectare (

blackberries and minerality characteristic of Bordeaux

2023 Escala Humana 'Livvera' Bequignol, Uco Valley, Argentina Alvaro Castro Actively engaging with agroforestry100% Bequignol A single vineyard in the El Zampal region of the Uco Valley, planted in 1954 Pergola trained on clay loam and sandy soils Hand harvested 100% whole cluster with indigenous yeast fermentation Aged 8 months in used 225L French Oak Barrels