Bodega DiamAndes Gran Reserva 2008
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Bodega DiamAndes Gran Reserva 2008
Bordeaux Red Blends from Argentina, South America
ratings pedigree (past vintages):
winemaker's notes:
This vintage has good concentration and is very well-balanced, despite lower than expected yields. The dark color shows a fine
concentration of fruit, producing rich, elegant wines. This elegance is due to higher than usual temperature variations: the
average and high temperatures were above the median, while the low temperatures were lower than usual. With little rain (60%
less than the historical average for the area), 2008 was a wine grower's vintage, enabling, with good management, the
expression of all the vineyard's elegance and the natural characteristics of its terroir.
75% Malbec, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon
alcohol by volume:
14.8%
critical acclaim:
"The 2008 Diamandes de Uco Gran Reserva is a blend of 85% Malbec and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in French oak for 20 months. A glass-coating opaque purple/black color, it offers up an impressive nose of mineral, earth notes, licorice, soy, espresso, black cherry, and black currant. Medium-bodied on the palate and surprisingly elegant, it reveals layered, spicy black fruit flavors, excellent concentration and volume, and enough structure to support several more years of cellaring. This lengthy offering will deliver peak drinking from 2013 to 2023.
Rating: 92+"
92 Points
The Wine Advocate
"Saturated bright ruby. Superripe aromas and flavors of cassis, blackberry, minerals and bitter chocolate lifted by a pure violet topnote. Dense, suave and vibrant, with terrific clarity thanks to its strong mineral underpinning. Firmly tannic but not dry. Shows sneaky palate-staining length, with dark berry, minerals and bitter chocolate notes leaving behind a captivating perfume. Even more impressive than the superb 2007, this beauty should age gracefully."
92 Points
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