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| ESTATE MALBEC 2016 Calchaquí Valley, Salta |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
COLOMÉ |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Intense, complex, slightly spicy, ripe, plummy, cherry puree nose with lots of cedar notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, intense, harmonious, very well structured, dense with great mouthfeel, slightly spicy, very faintly herbal, intense, complex,ripe baked plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, cassis-cedar-tinged, fairly high acid, mocha-chocolate-tinged finish. This new 100% Malbec has 14.9% alcohol and 5 g/L residual sugar with lot number L-210319 on the back label. Even better than the 2014 which last appeared in Vintages (***) with 90-points on June 9, 2018 at $24.95 and was Recommended Best Buy. |
CSPC |
477315 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Pre Mat |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Complex, Dense, Ripe |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Colomé's estate Malbec is sourced from four different sites - La Brava, El Arenal, Altura Máxima and Colomé itself - and is a wonderfully vibrant, youthful red with intense violet and lavender aromas, subtle vanilla spice and vivid acidity. Drink Date: 2019-2024. Score - 93 (Tim Atkin, MW, timatkin.com, Argentina Special Report 2018) |
Price |
$ 24.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - August 17, 2019 |
| Cases bought |
335 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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