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SIGNATURE BARREL FERMENTED TORRONTÉS 2016 Finca la Delfina, Altamira, Uco Valley, Mendoza |
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
SUSANA BALBO |
Extremely pale straw colour. Intense, spicy, complex, lime-tinged, ripe melon-lemon-apple puree notes with some slightly reductive, peach pit notes. Dry, medium bodied, extremely bright, very spicy, mineral-tinged,intense, ripe lime-melon-apple-lemon flavours with a lingering, very crisp, very faintly toasty finish. This barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L16H24 06/10/17 on the back label. Screwcap closure. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BEST BUY - Minerally, orange blossom and cardamom on the nose; light to medium-bodied, dry, elegant, beautifully balanced, crisp, perfumed musk melon flavour with an almost imperceptible barrel influence. |
CSPC |
384339 |
Type |
White Table Wine |
Agent |
Bar Win |
Country |
Argentina |
Region |
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Rating |
**+(89 points) Spicy, Intense, Complex |
LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments! A Best Buy |
Tim Atkins awarded this wine a rating of 94 points and called it a \"... refined, elegant, complex expression of a grape that doesn't always get the praise it deserves ...\" (Special Report 2017). TASTING NOTE: I also tasted the very young 2016 Susana Balbo Signature Torrontés Barrel Fermented that showed bay leaf and fennel aromas, with notes that made me think of a Sauvignon Blanc. This is also produced from the same vineyard in Altamira and achieved even lower alcohol, higher acidity and a pH of around 3.15. It fermented in second use oak barrels, yet the oak is absolutely impossible to detect. This has the profile of a white from the Loire. Drink2016-2022. Score - 93 (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Dec. 30, 2016) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
Bottle Size |
750 mL |
Tasting Date |
vintages release - March 3, 2018 |
Cases bought |
197 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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