Winemaker Notes
It has an impressive bouquet, rich and generous with scents of dark plum, boysenberry, fresh dates and a smear of dark chocolate. The palate is full-bodied with a supple, luscious entry. It has agloriously seductive, velvety textureand the rounded supple finish is a delight.
Blend: 67% Malbec, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
This dark, suave red mixes creamy cassis and dark blackberry coulis notes with layers of mocha, spice and savory cured olive. Compact, with fine tannins and juicy acidity pushing along the fruit-filled finish. Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2010 Unisono is a blend of 67% Malbec, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc from La Consulta in the Finca Piedras Blancas vineyard in the Uco Valley. Approximately two-thirds is raised in French oak for 13 months. It has an impressive bouquet, rich and generous with scents of dark plum, boysenberry, fresh dates and a smear of dark chocolate. The aromatics are well-defined and open nicely over the course of one hour. The palate is full-bodied with a supple, luscious entry. There are layers of sweet dark plum, mocha and licorice fruit with just a touch of alcoholic burn at the back of the throat. It does have a gloriously seductive, velvety texture and the rounded cashmere finish is a delight. This is a well-crafted, opulent Malbec blend that offers immediate drinking pleasure (and a payload of 15.5% alcohol).
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.
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