The patient project of the Williams Casanegra brothers, who launched a 100% Mendocino whisky, made with barley from the Andes, c

“I don’t want to make a correct whisky, I want to make the best one,” affirms with a tone of certainty Cristian Williams Casanegra, and it is not a simple comment to impress. He started his project with his brother and partner Gabriel in 2013 and has patiently waited 12 years to see the first fruits. Both entrepreneurs from Mendoza have just launched one of the most unusual novelties in Cuyo lands: their first single malt highland whiskies, born one hundred percent from barley malt from their own crops, planted in the mountain range, made with water from the melting of the Andean glaciers and aged for 10 years in barrels, using Scottish techniques with winemaking barrels. From grain to bottle, Casanegra Andes Single Malt whiskies are produced and made entirely in Mendoza, so it can be said without a doubt that they are “pure-breed whiskies,” that is, one hundred percent from Mendoza. When passing by Route Provincial 81, one comes across two conical silos, rare in Cuyo lands, which ...