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Q TEMPRANILLO 2014 Santa Rosa, Mendoza
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer ZUCCARDI)
This is one of 58 items (120 releases) not presented for evaluation under new LCBO policies. Any item not tasted is assigned an interim ONE-STAR rating and an interim 0-POINT proxy score until properly assessed. The 2011 (*+/**) was released on November 14, 2015 at $19.95. Here is my previous note: Extremely deep intense purple colour. Complex, slightly spicy, plummy, very cedary, bitter chocolate nose. Dry, medium-full bodied, extremely cedary, solid, plummy, baked cherry flavours with a lingering, cedary finish. Has 14.5% alcohol and 7 g/L residual sugar with lot number L15-183-303 on the back label. CSPC 973503
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Dio Win
Country Argentina
Region
Rating -
Not Presented For Evaluation By LCBO
LCBO Note Status
TASTING NOTE: The Zuccardi Tempranillo - one of only a handful of varietal expressions of the grape in Argentina - combines fruit from Santa Rosa with 20% from Paraje Altamira. Fresh, spicy and very lightly oaked, with good underlying structure and plum and damson fruit. Drink Date: 2017-22. Score - 92 (Tim Atkin, MW, timatkin.com, Argentina Special Report 2017) Price $ 19.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - April 27, 2019
Cases bought 279 (12 bottles per case)

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