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| PREMIUM ESTATE MALBEC 2015 Uco Valley, Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
ALTA VISTA |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Faintly mocha-tinged, gently spicy, ripe plum nose with some sandalwood notes. Dry, medium to medium-full bodied, intense, plum-cherry flavours with some cedary notes on the lingering, high acid finish. Has 14% alcohol and 4 g/L residual sugar with lot number CV-L852 on the back label. Not quite up to the richer recommended best buy 2013 (**/**+) released on March 19, 2016 at $19.95. |
CSPC |
677443 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
HHD Imp |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
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| Rating |
**(87.5 points)
Solid, Complex, Tangy |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
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| TASTING NOTE: The 2015 Estate Malbec is produced with grapes from the Valle de Uco, in Vista Flores, at over 1,000 meters altitude. It fermented in a mixture of epoxy-lined cement and stainless steel vats, with half of the wine aged in used oak barrels for one year. This is truly subtle and balanced, produced in an elegant style, with perfect integration of the oak, with a slight change in style going for a wine with more tension. The grapes are harvested a little earlier, the wine uses less toasty oak and the grapes are also sourced from cooler vineyards. They have kept the volume and concentration, but made the wines more drinkable. Very drinkable, in fact. This could very well be the best Estate Malbec to date. 400,000 bottles produced. Drink date: 2016-2018. Score - 90 (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Dec. 30, 2016) |
Price |
$ 16.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - December 9, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
698 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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