Cava Garambullo

Chromatographies:

Windows into the invisible

This project combines the vision of Natalia López with the radial chromatography technique, drawing on the mastery of Gabriela González, transforming a scientific tool into a visual language that reveals the invisible in the wines of Cava Garambullo. Chromatographies separate and arrange components, displaying patterns, interactions, and transformations that usually remain imperceptible. Each color, shape, and gradient becomes a window into the intangible—a record of profound relationships between matter and life.

For Natalia López, chemist, producer, and researcher, science is not limited to what can be understood or proven; methods emerge from exploration and the observation of patterns—sometimes to quantify them, other times simply to validate them. Inspired by Gabriela’s mastery of the technique, they extended this vision to wine, exploring juices, fermentations, finished wines, as well as concentrated tannins and acids. Each chromatography is part of a living archive of collections that records transformations, nuances, and relationships that go beyond what can be measured.

This project also reflects their shared fascination with the force of gravity: it separates, organizes, and leaves a trace—all in circular disposition—gravity, weight, and speed—a visual map that becomes magical when observed across the full collection. Thus, science, intuition, and aesthetics converge in a dialogue where the tangible and the invisible intersect, offering the viewer the chance to contemplate life, chemistry, integrity, and poetry flowing through each wine.

Explorations in the Cellar, September 2022.