Caro

To round off this series on joint venutres, we take a look at another Rothschild (Lafite) collaboration, this time with Catena in Argentina. With the name derived from an amalgamation of CAtena and ROthschild, the idea of the collaboration was first mooted in 1998, to produce a wine that would combine the two cultures as well as the two signature grapes of the two producers, Cabernet Sauvginon and Malbec (though if the truth be said, Malbec is actually also a Bordeaux grape (cf Gruaud-Larose)). The first vintage was produced in 2000, Another wine with a fruity style derived from a higher proportion of Malbec was launched in 2003 - Amancaya. Finally the collaboration produced a Malbec varietal, Aruma last year.