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| PIZZELLA FAMILY MALBEC 2018 Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
LA POSTA |
| Assessed from a bottle purchased at the LCBO. A REPEAT of the recommended best buy 2018 (**+) that was released on June 27, 2020. Assessed from a bottle purchased at the LCBO as I didn’t want to take any chances. . Very intense deep purple colour. Attractive, juicy, intense, ripe black cherry purée nose with lots of spicy, cedary notes. Dry, medium to medium-full bodied, well structured, harmonious, spicy, tangy, intense, ripe, plummy-black-cherry flavours with a lingering, gently cedary, high acid finish. This single vineyard 100% Malbec is aged for 12 months - 20% in new French oak barrels, 60% in 2nd and 3rd use French and American oak and 20% in stainless steel. This 2018 is the best to date - an easy-drinking, well-balanced, juicy, well structured, crowd-pleaser that has 13.5% alcohol and 5 g/L residual sugar with a new more recent lot number L20258 (vs. L20050) on the back label. |
CSPC |
166298 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tri Alt |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
**+(89 points)
Bright, Juicy, Ripe, Black Cherry |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Nice bitter-chocolate and smoky notes, as well as lots of forest berries, make this generous and well structured malbec a rather complex wine. But the supple tannins are already so well integrated that you can enjoy it right away. Drink or hold. Score - 93 (jamessuckling.com, March 27, 2019) |
Price |
$ 16.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - January 23, 2021 |
| Cases bought |
1189 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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