Matías Riccitelli Republica del Malbec 2021
£38.45
The wine
Riccitelli's statement Malbec, a manifesto for the republic of the grape. Great intensity meets a concentrated, beautiful bouquet of wild blackberries, liquorice and spice. The palate is remarkably balanced: elegant and soft, with silky tannins that belie its depth. One of Lujan de Cuyo's most admired wines, and every inch the occasion bottle. Give it air, give it beef, give it time.
The producer
Matías Riccitelli
View all Matías Riccitelli winesMatías Riccitelli is one of the brightest talents of the new Argentine generation. Son of the renowned winemaker Jorge Riccitelli, he worked vintages at prestigious wineries across Argentina and around the world before founding his own winery in Lujan de Cuyo in 2009.His fifty hectares of vineyard span three carefully chosen sites within Lujan de Cuyo, supplemented by remarkable parcels further afield: old, ungrafted vines in Patagonia's Rio Negro and high mountain fruit from Gualtallary in the Uco Valley. The project is young, dynamic and restlessly curious, seeking to show the full breadth of what Argentine terroir can do.
The labels are as playful as the winemaking is serious. Hey Malbec, This is Not Another Lovely Malbec and The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree (a wink to his father) sit alongside the profound Republica del Malbec, Riccitelli & Father, and the extraordinary Old Vines From Patagonia series of Torrontés, Semillon, Merlot and the rare Bastardo. Featured in the Top 100 of the World's Best Vineyards Awards 2025, these are vivid, precise wines with genuine personality.






