Bodega MALMA Malma Finca La Papay Malbec 2012

Malma Wines is a family owned company from Patagonia, the southernmost region of Argentina. The Viola family, founder of San Patricio del Chañar wine valley, runs the winery and, since 2019, they have another patagonic icon, Hans Vinding-Diers, as their wine consultant. The family has a 20 year history in the wine industry. It is a young one, but it is the history of viticulture in Neuquén province. Julio started planting the vines back in 1999 and in 2003 Julio jr. and Ana jumped in together with Pedro, Ana´s husband. 

All of Malma’s wines are grown and bottled in the 150 hectare estate allowing a close control of everything that goes on in the field and micro manage the vineyard according to soil, varieties and the results of their research.

As developers of this wine region, they have love and respect for the land and the people and work every day to develop sustainable practices both agricultural and social like using pomace and cardboard for composting and as a heat source for the families that live in the estate.

San Patricio del Chañar used to be virgin steppe and by planting vines and installing drip irrigation it became a wine valley that already has a name of it’s own. 

What makes Patagonia Unique? its wind, the low humidity and scarce rain that allow us to grow their grapes in a healthy way, the water that comes from the Andes as the mighty Neuquén river, the extreme latitude that is responsible for the great temperature drop that takes place during the nights. Patagonia is also a place of enormous extensions, sparsely populated, with wild landscapes and a name that is recognized as a synonym of nature all over the world.