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| Q MALBEC 2013 La Consulta and Vista Flores Vineyards, Uco Valley, Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
ZUCCARDI |
| Deep intense purple colour. Very spicy, cedary, stewed plum nose. Fairly dry, medium bodied, plummy, cooked cherry flavours with a lingering, cedary, high acid, somewhat herbal, peppery finish. Has 14.5% alcohol and 6 g/L residual sugar with lot number L16-094-116 on the back label. Perhaps this recently-bottled 2013 was cut with some Carmenere? Not up to the 2012 (**) with 14% alcohol and 7 g/L residual sugar released on July 11, 2015 at $19.95. I think that you can safely ignore the August 2015 tasting note appearing in the Vintages Catalogue. |
CSPC |
723478 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Dio Win |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
*+(86 points)
Spicy, Cedary, Somewhat Peppery |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
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| TASTING NOTE: The 2013 Malbec Q is sourced from La Consulta (Altamira) and Vista Flores. This wine has changed since 2010; now only 30% to 50% of the wine is oaked and the rest is matured in cement vats. The oak is imperceptible, and there are plenty of aromas of violets and blueberries with some aromatic herbs, all fruit. What Sebastian Zuccardi looks for is to have some herbal/countryside aromas and a lively palate with good acidity, which is what you find here. This is really tasty, with a fine, chalky tannin (from Altamira?) and just plain great Score - 91 (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Aug. 2015) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - September 3, 2016 |
| Cases bought |
418 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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