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RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2012 Mendoza
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer ZOLO
Extremely deep intense purple colour. Slightly spicy, cedar-tinged, ripe plum, baked cherry nose with some sandalwood notes. Dry, medium bodied, slightly spicy, plummy, ripe cherry flavours with a lingering, slightly cedary finish. This new bottling with with lot number Lot 175/15 24/06/15 on the back label is a somewhat drier repeat (3 vs. 8 g/L residual sugar) of the recommended 2012 (**) released on November 8, 2014 at $17.95. CSPC 54098
Type Red Table Wine
Agent DB Win
Country Argentina
Region
Rating **(87.5 points)
Tangy, Very Spicy
LCBO Note Status A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection!
Although it doesn't say so on the front label (the team at Zolo being masters of understatement), this wine is sourced from a single vineyard in the Tupungato zone of Mendoza at an elevation of 1,350 metres above sea level. It spends over a year in French oak, adding vanilla and toasty shading to a core of rich dark fruit. Price $ 18.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - November 14, 2015
Cases bought 799 (12 bottles per case)

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