Valle de Uco
High
vines
On high, stony ground where the afternoon falls into shade.
Mendoza · Argentina
In the hour
of shade.
Pinot Noir. Merlot. Cabernet Sauvignon. High-altitude Argentina, bottled as if the mountain preferred silence.
High
The Andes
Snowmelt
canals
Andean meltwater, irrigation older than most European estates.
The plinth
Gravel
Warmer fans of gravel over clay. The stone you see on the plinth is not a metaphor.
The idea
Argentina already has a famous red. We chose the other three.
The world met this country through Malbec. Casa Umbra is the house that did not take the obvious door. We work the grapes that ask more of the Andes — Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon — on high, stony ground where the afternoon falls into shade.
Umbra is the darkest part of a shadow. In Mendoza that shadow has an hour: the cordillera steps in front of the sun, the stone keeps the heat, the fruit finishes without glare. That is the wine. The label stays quiet so the glass can speak.
The cuvées
Ivory. Taupe. Noir.
Five centuries of Argentine red wine — kept, raised, and now refined into three bottles.
Read the history