With veraison taking place on January, water restriction was implemented to maintain vine water content and stop secondary shoot growth. Leaf thinning in March on the eastern side of the rows allowed the fruit to bask in the softer, early morning sunlight. Harvested in April, vines enjoyed an extremely long, 87 day window from veraison to harvest. A plant by plant selection process means only the highest quality fruit becomes part of this exceptional Malbec. 

The Nicasia vineyard is a small, specially selected number of rows in Lot 1 of the Catena family's Altamira vineyard. Planted in 1996, the Malbec vine are on own roots and part of a massal population from the Catena family's historic, 80 year old Angelica vineyard. Early shoot removal in September and a cluster thinning on December lead to an extremely 
low yield of 1.2 tons per acre.