Sami Flichman, a Jewish immigrant of Polish origin, established the vineyard in 1873 after he won the winery in a card game. He and planted vines in rocky, well-drained plots situated along the Mendoza river in Barrancas, southern Maipu . It would be Sami’s son Isaac who began to make fine wines at the estate, including Caballero de la Cepa, one of the first high-quality wines that garnered international awareness.
Sogrape Vinhos purchased Finca Flichman in 1998 and invested heavily in restoring the vineyards and equipping the winery with modern equipment. The original Barrancas vineyard remains among their 400 hectares of vines, which also includes the higher altitude Tupungato vineyard.
German Berra
Chief Winemaker at Finca Flichman, is an Agronomist Engineer and Oenologist graduated from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. His broad experience includes fifteen harvests in the U.S.A., France and Argentina.
Being a child, his first steps in viticulture were at his family’s vineyards, helping his father. German’s grandfather, an Italian immigrant, had planted those vineyards in early 1900.
He has attended specialized Viticulture and Oenology courses and seminars at Montpellier Université, France, and at Davis University, California, U.S.A. He has got a Master degree in Viticulture and Oenology for Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and L’Ecole de Montpellier.
German has been Winemaker at Finca Flichman since 2007. He had previously worked for Grupo Peñaflor and for Kendall Jackson Winery, Monterrey, California.
His passion for wine has led him to be a professor of Viticulture at Universidad Maza, one of the most renowned universities in Argentina, where he also coordinates the Research Group on Sustainable Environmental Practices for wineries.
His major challenge at Finca Flichman is focused at identifying and exploring the different micro-terroirs that assure the maximum quality potential in wines.
PRODUCTS
This range of young wines invites you to discover each grape with just enough oak contribution to enhance its identity. Misterio is both easy to drink, and complex, inviting you to discover its “Misterio,” its secrets.
Roble (Varietal)
Varietal wines reflect an accessible “New World” taste profile, preserving the distinctive Argentine character.
The Dedicado range of fine wines are “Terroir wines” created to express the best wine produced from Barrancas and Tupungato highlighting the distinctive differences in this subregions of Mendoza.
