ZaHa Malbec 2010
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Product Details
Varietal
Region
Producer
Vintage
2010
Size
750ML
ABV
14%
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ZaHa means "Heart" in Mendoza's native Huarpe language. The 90% Malbec fruit is co-fermented with small amounts of 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot for additional complexity and concentration. ZaHa – the heart of Paraje Altamira.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2010 ZaHa contains a bit of co-fermented Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot in its blend, with 12 months of aging in 50% new French oak. It is purple in color with a captivating bouquet of wood smoke, underbrush, lavender, spice box, black cherry, and blackberry. This sets the stage for a dense, round, plush, structured wine with a suave personality. Notes of pepper, truffle, and coffee emerge in the glass, leading to a lengthy, fruit-filled finish. Give it 2-3 years of additional cellaring and drink it from 2014 to 2025.
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Paraje Altamira, with its high altitude (4,000 feet) and cool microclimate, has become synonymous with world-class Malbecs. The soils of Paraje Altamira are very diverse, with patches of sandy, rocky and silty soils dispersed throughout the vineyard. At the moment of harvest, each soil profile imparts distinct aromatic and flavor profiles to the Malbec fruit – floral notes in the sandy patches, stony minerality in the rocky areas, and dark fruits in the silty soils. The combination of these profiles lends excellent complexity to the final wine. From co-winemakers and co-owners Alejandro “Colo” Sejanovich and Jeff Mausbach.
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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