Winemaker Notes
The Tapiz Malbec is a collage of flavors brought together from the distinct premium growing districts of Mendoza province. The high-altitude area of Vistalba provides the dark color and spicy black pepper cardamom tones. In slightly warmer areas of Lujan de Cuyo, vineyards offer typical ripe plum and blackberry components. The slightly cooler Tupungato sources brighten the wine with cherry flavors and add acid structure. Aging in French and American barrels weaves these flavors together with sweet oak and vanilla.
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.
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