Why it matters
The producer
Carlos Clément founded the family-owned Bodega Clément in 1999. He now runs the company with his daughter Lis, who joined two decades later with expertise in wine marketing and communication. The family manages 260 hectares of vineyards and operates a century-old winery.
By February 2024, an organic-certification process had been under way for three years. At that point, plans called for 50 hectares to be certified at the next harvest, while the remaining 210 hectares were transitioning to an ecological model. All vineyards use drip irrigation, and the winery has an agreement with the Municipality of Junín to recycle winery materials.
Wines to know
The range in view
Lis Clément is responsible for Finca Feliz, a low-intervention line within the family project she runs with Carlos. The approach uses indigenous yeasts for spontaneous fermentation and keeps external additions to a minimum.
Finca Feliz Naranjo de Pedro Giménez 2022 comes from El Divisadero in Santa Rosa, Mendoza. The vineyard is planted mainly with older, pergola-trained vines. The wine fermented with ten days of skin contact before pressing, then aged for six months in a combination of concrete tanks and clay amphorae. It received light filtration before bottling.