Domaine Nico by Laura Catena

Domaine Nico is named after Laura's daughter, Nicola, which pays homage to Laura's great grandfather, Nicola Catena, founder of Catena Zapata winery in 1902. Domaine Nico was born from Laura Catena's love for Burgundy Pinot Noir. When she realized they could make a Pinot Noir with the classic floral aromas, minerality, and elegance, she began studying the flavors of high altitude Pinot Noir from Mendoza. The wines that came up surprised everyone with their elegance and old-world style. It’s the alluvial and calcareous terroir that "speaks" through these wines, as Laura beautifully says.

"Domaine Nico single-parcel wines are an inspiration from my adolescence. At 16 I was working in France making Tarte Tatin and Foie Gras to sell in the market on Sundays, and my obsession with regionality and wines was so great that I always dreamed of understanding what was happening in Argentina with the flavors and aromas in different places. With Pinot Noir, it all started in 1993 when we made the first plantation in Villa Bastías, Tupungato where we planted several clones with the idea of making a great Pinot Noir."

In 2008 Laura decided to create a working team with Roy Urvieta (Winemaker), Belén (Winemaker) and Alejandro Vigil (director) to deepen the knowledge they had and study the behavior of different Dijon clones, different production methods, divide the Pinot Noir that she had in plots depending on the soil and elaborate them all separately. In 2016 they decided to bottle these five parcels.