Winemaker Notes
Deep red color with dense violet tones. The bouquet, attractive and charming, provides an explosion of red fruits like cherries and plumbs. The French oak adds delicious hints of vanilla, coffee, and interesting complexity. On the palate, the wine is rich and well structured with soft tannins. Long and elegant finish.
Great combined with delicate dishes, grilled meats, and chocolate desserts.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is a structured and rich red with blueberry and dark chocolate character and hints of walnuts. Full body, with chew tannins and a long finish. Chili and spices. Structured red. An old vine wine. Aged 16 months in French oak. 11,200 bottles made. Needs two or three years to soften.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2010 Grand Vin is a blend of 85% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot from Vistalba, from an old Malbec vineyard planted in 1908, 15 hectares that were the heart and the beginning of the project. The wine is dark-colored, classical and restrained in the nose. In fact, it closes down in the glass and you need to swirl it around to get some aromas that are not fruity, or woody, but more earthy and subtle. The palate is full-bodied and has the acidity, stuffing and ingredients to age nicely. This is a great wine. Drink 2016-2024.
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.
AIW10GV_2010 Item# 127057