Winemaker Notes
Lush nose laced with black-berry and plum fruit. Soft yet focused on the palate, with additional flavors of strawberry and wild herbs. Medium tannins and balanced acidity.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Malbec has a stalky bouquet that is simple but well-defined, with crisp, rustic red berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins. Mulberry and sloes share the floor, while the finish is structured and shows just a touch of unnecessary heat.
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.
EUR5001_2011 Item# 117529