Catena Nicolas Catena Zapata 2006
Catena Nicolas Catena Zapata 2006
Bordeaux Red Blends from Argentina, South America
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ratings pedigree (past vintages):
winemaker's notes:
The 2006 Nicolas Catena Zapata is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec, 5%
Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot and spent 26 months in new French oak. It displays a superb
perfume of pain grille, spice box, truffle, wild flowers, black cherry, and black currant. Rich, layered,
dense, and complex, it, too, combines elegance and power. The wine is structured for the long haul
and should easily see its 25th birthday, with 50 not out of the question.
alcohol by volume:
14.5%
critical acclaim:
"The 2006 Nicolas Catena Zapata is composed of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Malbec and spent 26 months in new French oak. It displays a superb perfume of pain grille, spice box, truffle, wild flowers, black cherry, and black currant. Rich, layered, dense, and complex, it, too, combines elegance and power. The wine is structured for the long haul and should easily see its 25th birthday, with 50 not out of the question. There is no track record, and I won’t be around to find out.
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97 Points
The Wine Advocate
"Full, bright ruby. Black cherry, dark raspberry, cassis and a whiff of graphite on the very ripe but reticent nose. Then sweet, creamy and suave on the palate, more sappy and less open-knit than the Argentino malbec but utterly seamless nevertheless. Very long and firmly tannic on the aftertaste. This wonderfully plump, deep, elegantly styled wine showed even stronger fruit, and a slightly liqueur-like chocolatey ripeness, after 48 hours in the recorked bottle. "
94 Points
International Wine Cellar
"This is very big, but has a pure core of raspberry and plum fruit that courses along well-integrated structure. Loads of spice, black licorice and graphite notes extend through the finish, which shows some elegance to go with its depth. Impressive. "
93 Points
Wine Spectator
"Fruity, floral and calm on the nose, with nothing aggresive or out of place. The palate is deep, flush and offers great mouthfeel. while the flavors run toward big, juicy berry, cassis and chocolate. Like most Catena high-enders, this Cabernet-Malbec blend features a toasty finish of coffee and mocha, and overall it's stylish and impressive. Drink now through 2014."
93 Points
Wine Enthusiast
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