Winemaker Notes
This full-bodied blend is Malbec-based, with layers of Bonarda, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon to add complexity and rounder tannins. Distinctive flavors of blackberry, ripe plum and dark cherry meld with hints of oak, chocolate and mint to create a wine that could only be called Colosal.
Blend: 61% Malbec, 16% Bonarda, 13% Syrah, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
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.
WWH136249_2012 Item# 141769