Escala Humana Livvera Bequignol Tinto 2021 750 ML

by husband and wife team Ayelen and Germán Massera, who still holds down a day job, making wine with the Michelini Brothers (producers of some of Argentina's coolest natty wines like this). Germán became interested in the history of the Uco Valley and it’s forgotten varietals like Bequignol – an old French variety planted in Argentina which has pretty much disappeared -- just over 600 hectares remain today. So he and his wife bought some old, high-altitude vineyards in El Zampal and started their own project on the side, making just a few different wines, like this Bequignol, which kind of blew our minds. Bequignol is one of the coolest, most unique grapes we’ve ever come across -- and we're total grape nerds. It smells like coffee-infused Cab Franc, and tastes like a Cab Franc-y Beaujolais with some cocoa nibs thrown in. The black fruit is juicy but light-bodied, tannins are polished and silky, and deeply etched mineral notes play nicely with peppery herbs and purple flowers. You've never had an Argentine wine -- or any wine -- like this, we promise.