2021 Zuccardi Torrontes Serie A Salta Argentina 750 ml

Sebastián Zuccardi is an Argentine Midas with a mile-long list of praises, including 99- and 100-point wines and back-to-back “World’s Best Vineyard” honors. But when we tasted his Serie A Torrontés, we nearly forgot about all that, because the wine commanded the room with its crisp and exhilarating character.   

Grown almost exclusively in Argentina, Torrontés combines the aromatic complexity of Riesling and the bone-dry palate of Sauvignon Blanc. Zuccardi’s version is energetic and textured, with white flower, fresh pineapple, and savory-herb aromas as dramatic and striking as its mountain home. On the palate, it’s dry and medium-bodied but exquisitely refreshing, filled with tropical fruit and cleansing acidity on a finish that lingers. 

Zuccardi is a terroir Renaissance man. As he put it to us, “The most important thing is the place, because if you don’t have potential in the place, it’s not possible to make a great wine.” Consequently, he’s incredibly selective when choosing vineyards, and for Torrontés there’s no better place than Cafayate. 

This mountainous area is home to some of the world’s highest and most extreme-climate vineyards—and it’s an absolute Eden for Torrontés. Argentina’s definitive white grape thrives in Cafayate’s high altitudes, alongside soaring Andean peaks.  

Zuccardi, praised by Wine Advocate as “clearly among the top wineries of the country,” boasts the prestige of a world-renowned superstar but the hands-on approach of a boutique. Sebastián’s at the forefront of a renegade crew dubbed the “cement heads,” and he wears that as a badge of honor because his devotion to concrete reflects his devotion to terroir-transparent wine.

In this Torrontés, that philosophy delivers a clean and pure white wine that will whisk you away to a gorgeous Argentine mountainside.