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| CONCRETO MALBEC 2014 Paraje Altamira, Uco Valley, Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
ZUCCARDI |
| Deep intense purple colour. Spicy, herbal dried plum-apple nose with lots of garrigue notes. Very dry, medium bodied, spicy, herbal, somewhat dusty, peppery, plum-apple flavours with a very crisp finish. Fermented and aged in concrete tanks, this was a major disappointment for me (at least at the moment) - vastly overpriced and not much fun. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / TRY - Cedary, green herbs and red berry nose with a light oak note; medium-bodied, dry, elegant, firmly structured; well-made. Has 14% alcohol and 3 g/L residual sugar with lot number L16-098-303 on the back label. |
CSPC |
455774 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Dio Win |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
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| Rating |
**(87.5 points)
Fresh, Tangy, Herbal, Peppery Cherry |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
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| TASTING NOTE: The wild nose of the new 2014 Concreto Malbec transported me to the Northern Rhône (Côte- Rôtie), or even better the Valais mountains in Switzerland. It is fermented and matured in concrete vats, hence its name. The grapes come from a very calcareous soil in Altamira in the Uco Valley. The nose mixes the violet aromas and those wild herbs, rock rose and spices, but also a saline side, and a mix of black olives and smoke. Raspberry leaf perhaps? There is a different character, they have taken away all that gives sweetness to the wine, searched for chalky soils, used part of full clusters and only cement was used for the fermentation and élevage. The wine is dry, but the tannins are sweet. There is very good length and persistence here. A naked Malbec. I believe this wine might have a beautiful evolution in bottle and it would be even better in a fresh vintage. Groundbreaking Malbec! An awesome value for money too! Drink: 2015-2022. Score - 95 (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Aug. 2015) |
Price |
$ 39.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - August 20, 2016 |
| Cases bought |
49 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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