The year is 1908. 20-year-old Sebastiano Accorrà and 18-year old Nazzarreno Savina leave their native Italy, their villages and their families, and board a boat to make the great Atlantic crossing in search of new prospects and better lives.

Sebastiano, known as Tiano, and Nazzareno, known as Nareno, landed at the port of Buenos Aires in the summer of 1908, after 18 days at sea. But the city was not their final destination. They still had over 600 miles westward to travel before arriving in the region of Mendoza, a land where vines had been cultivated at the foot of the imposing Andes Mountains for hundreds of years. Mendoza was the place where Tiano and Nareno set up their homes and raised their families.

Tiano and Nareno devoted their lives to working the land and growing vines. They were passionate about tradition and had a great love for work well done. Thanks to their hard work, commitment, and endurance, the land, climate, and vines of Mendoza held no secrets for them. Nearly 100 years later, Ariel Savina, the grandson of Tiano and Nareno, resurrected the vineyards where his grandfathers had devoted their lives to grape growing for more than 50 years. With the first vintage in 2010, Ariel fulfilled his lifelong dream of crafting wines in honour of his forefathers.

It took over five years for proprietor Ariel Savina to identify and select the region’s best plots of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot, the very same plots that Tiano and Nareno loved so much and talked about so often. The calcareous chalk top-soils over stony subsoils subject the vines to moderate stress and encourage them to root deeply, providing optimal nutrition to the vines and enhancing overall health. Following meticulous hand-harvesting and a 15 day maceration in stainless steel tanks, the wine ages for 60 months in 50% new French oak barrels. Coming from Mendoza’s exceptionally high-altitude vineyards, fine soils, and old, low yielding vines, Tiano and Nareno is a voluptuous and elegant wine with aromas of ripe black cherries, prunes, and violets.