Winemaker Notes
Deep color, with a brilliant purple rim. An intense nose, with a fine,floral perfume alongside the ripe red fruit. There are hints ofundergrowth, graphite and smoked walnut too. The palate is rich andmouthfilling, with smooth tannins that support the wine well. On thefinish, alongside the floral and fruit flavors, mineral complexitylingers. Drink from 2012 to 2018.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
On the oaky side, with toasty aromas of stacked wood, smoke and black fruits lurking below the surface. The palate has the typical piercing juciness of the 2008 vintage, with bursting flavors of pie cherry and raspberry. Minty and oaky on the finish, with snappy finishing acidity. Drink now through 2012.
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Wine & Spirits
As black as the night in the Uco Valley, this malbec feels tremendous in size and ripeness, yet held high by an acidity that is as powerful as the wine’s dark fruit flavors. Decant it for lamb on the grill.
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Wine Spectator
Ripe, dense and oaky, delivering blackberry, plum skin and fig paste notes wrapped in silky tannins. Hints of spice cake and cocoa fill out the long, floral finish. Drink now through 2013.
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.
EPC17567_2008 Item# 107863