Winemaker Notes
Dark purple, aromas of spices, prunes and black cherries. Its tannins are soft, velvety and sweet. It is very elegant with body and a finish on the palate that shows all its splendor and richness.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Blackberries, black cherries and orange peel with a full body, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Flowers and berries at the end.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Paso de Piedra Malbec is ripe at 15% alcohol and produced with grapes from their old vineyard in Las Compuertas. It fermented in concrete vats, where half of the wine was kept, while the rest was transferred to oak barrels for malolactic and six months of aging. It has notes of honey, wax and pollen, with less oak than in the past (all used barrels, and part of the wine was kept unoaked), preserving the fruit character. It has black rather than red fruit and some toasty and smoky undertones, slightly balsamic and minty. It's round and full-bodied with fine-grained tannins.
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.