{"product_id":"vilar-contribucion-al-estudio-1909","title":"Contribución al Estudio de los Vinos de la Provincia de Mendoza","description":"\u003cp\u003e1909 First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 4to. Pp. 98, [2] folded plates, 99 -104, [3]\u003cbr\u003e\nBuenos Aires\u003cbr\u003e\nA. Molinari\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal front printed paper wrapper (used at title page) toned and dust-soiled, with damp and water staining toward the foot and chipping to the extremities and spine; rear wrapper absent. The last page is missing a bottom right corner, not affecting the text. Library notation at the half title. Ownership note at teh title page \"Victor Bernada\". Internally clean. The copy notably preserves the terminal printed leaf of Bibliografia, although with a tear to the lower corner, not affecting text. The two folding tables are intact. Overall discreet conditions for a publication to be considered ephemera. Fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work is a doctoral thesis submitted to the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires in partial fulfillment of the degree of Doctor en Química. Beyond its academic purpose, the thesis captures a pivotal moment in Argentine viticulture. Mendoza wine, still establishing its modern identity, enters the analytical laboratory; chemistry becomes the arbiter of quality, authenticity, and legal compliance. The vineyard is no longer judged solely by the cellar master's experience, but by measurable composition, regulated practice, and scientific authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe thesis stands as one of the earliest documentary records of the chemistry of Mendoza's emerging red-wine industry: by 1908 Malbec had already established itself as the leading cepage fino, the Cabernet family occupied second place, while most of the province's vineyards still consisted of criolla, descended from the sixteenth-century Listán Prieto introduced by the Spanish colonists.\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter an opening chapter, La Uva, introduced by Guyot's maxim that good winemaking rests on \"una simplicidad primitiva,\" the work proceeds through Correcciones del Mosto (with reference to Argentine wine law no. 4663, Art. 3), Cubación and Descubación (illustrating the Cambon fermentation apparatus with an engraving of the vat, ca. p. 48, together with Andrieu's method), Residuos de la Vendimia, Las Heces, and Correctivos de los Vinos. A substantial section on La Vinificación en la Provincia de Mendoza records the region's principal grape varieties, with Malbec already dominant, followed by the Cabernet group, distinguished as gros Cabernet and Cabernet Sauvignon, while Pinot, Merlot, and criolla appear in smaller proportions. It also describes the Garolla grape crusher, open-vat fermentation, and the Andrieu process as employed at the La Germania winery. The analytical portion of the thesis examines dry extract, potassium bitartrate (cremor tártaro), tartaric acid, glycerine, and volatile acidity, the latter illustrated by a second wood engraving of an Erlenmeyer flask after Fleurieu (p. 88).\u003cbr\u003e\nLas Relaciones Enológicas reproduces the standards of the Comité Consultatif des Arts et Manufactures, while three folding tables present complete chemical analyzes of the 1908 harvest for Cabernet, Malbec, and other red grape varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe'll happily snoop through a hundred-year-old doctoral thesis if it means witnessing history in the making. Behind the formulas and laboratory analyzes lies a fascinating snapshot of Mendoza just as Malbec was claiming its future throne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Fenice Antiquaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49386139549931,"sku":"150-1909--400.00-160.00-2026","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/2000\/5611\/files\/00150_IMG_9013.jpg?v=1788994893","url":"https:\/\/fenicebooks.com\/products\/vilar-contribucion-al-estudio-1909","provider":"La Fenice Antiquaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}