Javier Catena’s, President of Bodega Cuarto Dominio, great grandfather, Nicola, was born in the little town of Tolentino in Italy at the end of the 1800’s.  He was a vineyard worker there until he sailed from Italy to Argentina in 1898.  When he arrived to Mendoza, he was taken aback by the splendor of the Andes, by its landscapes and by the people that received him so warmly.  He was convinced he wanted to follow his dream here and planted his first Malbec vineyard in 1902.  Up until that point, Malbec was a blending grape in Bordeaux, but Nicola supposed it would find its perfect place in Mendoza.

Domingo Vicente Catena, Nicola’s son, decided to continue fulfilling his father’s dream and took the family winery to the next level, becoming one of the largest vineyard owners and building one of the biggest wineries in Argentina.

During this time, Javier’s father, Jorge Catena Zapata, studied enology in Mendoza and started working in the family winery in the mid 1960’s.  Jorge specialized in winemaking and oenology.

At the end of the 1970’s, Jorge believed that in order to produce the best wines of Argentina and to be able to compete against the greatest wines in the world, he must learn the latest technologies and winemaking techniques, so he decided to travel to California to study at the University of California at Davis.  He also travelled several times to Europe and to Australia, and focused the majority of his studies on the French winemaking techniques.

When he returned, Jorge continued working in the family winery, following his father’s dream.  But in 2006, Jorge decided to pursue a different path and started a new project with his sons.  In 2008, Bodega Cuarto Dominio was born, to which Javier Catena was named President