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SERIE A MALBEC 2016 Uco Valley, Mendoza
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer ZUCCARDI
Extremely deep intense purple colour. Slightly spicy, baked plum-apple puree nose with some cedary notes. Dry, medium bodied, quite well structured, slightly spicy, tangy, plum-cherry-apple flavours with a lingering, tangy, somewhat cedary faintly herbal, high acid, rather grippy finish. This REPEAT has 13.5% alcohol and now 2 g/L residual sugar with a NEW lot number L18-117-217 on the back label. Better than the 2016 (*+/**) with 87-points that was last released on January 6, 2018 at $16.95. TONY ASPLER / 88-points / TRY - Cedary, plum nose with oak spice; medium-bodied, dry, firmly structured, plum flavour carried on zesty acidity. You can safely ignore the dated tasting note appearing in the Vintages Catalogue. CSPC 167619
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Dio Win
Country Argentina
Region
Rating **(87.5 points)
Dry, Bright, Firm, Spicy
LCBO Note Status
TASTING NOTE: The 2016 Malbec Serie A is sourced from different vineyards across the Valle de Uco (San José, Los Árboles, Tupungato, El Peral, Gualtallary, Vista Flore and La Consulta) and was fermented in concrete vats and used 500-liter French oak barrels. There is more than fruit here, there is some expression of the soil, with subtle nuances and more complexity, hints of aromatic herbs and lower in alcohol (13%). The profile of all the wines is very clean, precise, juicy with good acidity. This is a superb example of it, with even some chalky sensations in the texture. Great value too. No less than 400,000 bottles were produced in 2016. There is only one lot, blended in June, and then bottled at different times. What I tasted had been bottled in September 2016. Drink date: 2017-2020. Score - 91 (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, Dec. 30, 2016) Price $ 16.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - September 1, 2018
Cases bought 798 (12 bottles per case)

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