Winemaker Notes
This brilliant purple hued wine of great intensity and depth exudes personality with aromas of ripe plums, blackberries and a soft touch of vanilla and tobacco typical of aging in French oak barrels. With its complex mouth-feel, ripe red berry appeal and sweet tannins characteristic of this variety, the Salentein Malbec 2004 is a well-structured wine of balanced acidity and a long finish. This wine will age nicely for seven years.
Professional Ratings
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.
SWS8499_2004 Item# 89163