Mosquita Muerta Cordero con Piel Lobo Malbec 2018
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Hand-harvested grapes from each estate at different dates in order to find the ideal ripeness and expression. This wine is fermented in concrete vats, and 50% of the volume saw used oak barrels for six to eight months. It’s a neat, rich and fruit-driven Malbec with clean aromas and flavors, a nice mouthfeel and very good freshness.
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James Suckling
The nose offers plenty of attractive spice and purple flowers, as well as cassis. The palate is fresh and supple, juicy blueberry flesh abounds and the finish is nicely resolved.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There is now a whole range of Cordero Con Piel de Lobo, and this Malbec is the original one. The 2018 Cordero Con Piel de Lobo Malbec has little oak and is a fruit-driven and straightforward, juicy and varietal red, with fresh fruit aromas and varietal typicity.
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"Mosquita Muerta" is an expression in Spanish which is used to describe a person with apparently little potential for success who ends up accomplishing a remarkable feat. Jose Millán chose this name for his project to mock those in the region who doubted of his potential as a wine business entrepreneur.
“I started in 2009 with the main idea of creating Premium Blends, and not only Malbec. To accomplish this, we do a careful selection of the different varietal, from different vineyards at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, in the most important wine regions from Mendoza, Argentina.“ – José Millan
Their philosophy is to use multiples fermentation and aging techniques at the winery with all their wines in order to deliver stunning hand-crafted wines.
This is a very personal project because José is the one who named and defined each wine. Behind every Mosquita Muerta wine there’s a story from José that he wants to tell us…