La Celia Elite Malbec 2017
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Complex aromas where the red and juicy fruit stands out, with elegant floral contribution and fresh herbs.The aging in oak has achieved in this wine an exquisite combination prevailing the fruit. In mouth there is an austere entrance and great length. In the mouth, the tannins are soft and silky.
Ideal to drink with goat cheese board, contains roasted vaccine, humita, roasted vegetables, pears in Malbec reduction.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Elite Malbec follows the new direction of more freshness, less oak and better drinkability, as I saw with the 2016s. It's quite transparent with the conditions of the vintage, with riper fruit than in 2016, varietal and harmonious and with an elegant palate where the components feel in balance.
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James Suckling
The nose has some baked berry-pastry aromas with red-plum pie and fresh baking spices. The tannins are smoothly wrapped and cradle fresh red-berry flavors in approachable style.
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Founded 130 years ago, La Celia is the oldest winery in the Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina.
It was the first winery in the region to plant the Malbec variety, which is currently the country’s signature variety around the world.
Eugenio Bustos, founder of La Celia, had received Malbec vines in a trade for the finest horse. And was the first to plant the variety –originally from France– in the Uco Valley.
As a result, Finca La Celia was born in 1890, named in honor of his daughter. Today, the tradition lives on in our wines which are the expression of a terroir that is unique to the world.
Most distinguished and celebrated from Argentina’s Mendoza, Malbec has seen runaway success since the early 2000s. Mendoza’s agreeable, continental climate with hot, dry summers and cold snowy winters allows the perfect conditions for growing outstanding Malbec. This grape is easy to like for its lusty, deep flavors and aromas of blackberry, plum, red cherry, autumn spice and tilled earth. It’s easy to find delicious, fruit-driven, affordable everyday examples and in prices beyond, quite exceptional ones with dense, supple textures that make them capable of aging.