Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae Malbec 2016

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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2016

Size
750ML

ABV
14.3%

Features
Collectible

Boutique

Green Wine

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Very aromatic, spicy black fruit, moderate acidity, rounded and smooth. Elegant.

Professional Ratings

  • 97
    Cropped from a cooler and wetter year, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae was bottled with six months less time in oak than in other years. The wines are somehow "lighter" and more mineral, and they didn't want the oak to mark them. This comes from deeper soils that deliver more fruit, and of the three reds from Adrianna, this is always the one that shows more gentle, approachable and open, with more fruit up front. There are some notes of tobacco and spices. Considering how young the wine is and the fact that it will not be released for another year, the wine is going to be immediately appealing on release but should also develop nicely in bottle. The 2016 is the most complete of the three vintages I tasted together—2014, 2015 and 2016. They bottled some 5,000 bottles in March 2018.
  • 96
    This is all about finesse and tension with a blackberry, blueberry and stone character. Focused and lifted. It fills the room with perfume. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a flavorful finish. Love it now.
  • 92
    From a 12-acre parcel of the Adrianna vineyard, at 4,482 feet in elevation, this is as loud as its ultraviolet purple color. It feels just-pressed, the superextracted fruit pure and unevolved; likewise, it wears its 24 months in French oak barrels plainly, in notes of spice and charred wood. Impressive in its clarity, this needs another decade in the cellar.

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Bodega Catena Zapata is one of Argentina's high altitude Malbec pioneers. The Catena family began making wine in Mendoza in 1902. Nicolas Catena, third generation family vintner, was one of the first to see the potential of Mendoza's mountain vineyards for producing high quality Malbec. In 1994, he became the first Argentine to exprot a world-class bottling of Malbec under the Catena label. Nicolas is joined by his daughter, Dr. Laura Catena, in their relentless pursuit of world-class quality from the family's high altitude vineyards. Laura has done extensive work in introducing Malbec and other varietal plant selections, soil and climate analysis, and sustainable practices throughout Mendoza. Head winemaker, Alejandro Vigil, has been at Catena Zapata since 2002 and works with Laura and Nicolas to make wines that express the family's vineyards and palate.

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