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| NICASIA VINEYARD MALBEC 2010 Mendoza, Argentina |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
CATENA ZAPATA |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Fairly spicy, faintly sweet, black cherry puree nose. Dry, well structured, medium to medium-full bodied, fairly extracty, dried ripe plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, cedary finish. Fine but not inexpensive. Needs time to evolve. Similar to the 2009 (***) released on November 26, 2013 at $87.95. |
CSPC |
132357 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tri Alt |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
Mendoza |
| Rating |
***(90 points)
Dense, Intense, Bright, Plum-Cherry |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
 |
| TASTING NOTE: The 2010 Catena Zapata Nicasia Vineyard is a single-vineyard Malbec from their vines from Nicasia in Altamira (La Consulta) in the south of the Uco Valley, a chalk-rich zone that is quickly gaining ground on the terroir map of Mendoza. The grapes were barrel fermented with 5% Cabernet Franc. The grapes were harvested at six different points in time, depending on the difference of soils in the vineyard. I see quite ripe fruit here, a round wine, with some black fruit, notes of ripe melon, very spicy, and also flavors of sweet ripe fruit with round and polished, sweet tannins, very tasty but also with very good freshness and high acidity (it has 6.1 grams of acidity). Drink 2014- 2018. Score - 93 (Luis Gutierrez, erobertparker.com, April 2014) |
Price |
$ 89.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - December 6, 2014 |
| Cases bought |
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Check LCBO Availability |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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