Winemaker Notes
Deep and dark ruby red. Intense and powerful with dry and ripe fruits such as figs and plums. Licorice, with hints of vanilla, toasted hazelnut and smooth coffee. Well balanced with good structure and soft tannins. Great development, mouth volume and a long finish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2008 Malbec-Petit Verdot Altos is a saturated purple/black color with outstanding tar, licorice, blackberry, and blackcurrant Aromas...Give it 5-7 years and drink it from 2015 to 2028.
All of Terra Andina's wines are worthy of recommendation
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.
VTYAT1328_2008 Item# 107981