Winemaker Notes
Real winemakers get their hands dirty. Hands black with wine.That what Manos Negras is all about. Rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty. That's how we make these hand-crafted wines.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2010 Malbec was sourced from Altamira vines averaging 51 years. It was also native fermented with malolactic in barrel followed by 12 months in 20% new French oak. Slightly reticent aromatically, with coaxing it exhibits notions of cherry blossom, spice box, tobacco, lavender, and assorted black fruits. Plush and layered on the palate, this sweetly-fruited Malbec has excellent balance and a medium-long finish. Drink this outstanding value over the next 4-5 years.
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.