2008 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  3/28/2024 - Darbus123 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Big dark inky powerful beast this. Paired well with steaks. Guests enjoyed more than me!

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  12/24/2023 - GrumpyGilly Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep ruby ink with black plum, sweet vanilla, baking spices and leather. This is dense with silky tannins and a long finish. Dark chocolate, licorice also come through with the black fruits. Decant or hold.

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  8/12/2022 - ifishtoo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Fantastic. Inky dark. Wonderful bouquet and powerful but balanced on the palate. Great stuff.

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  7/1/2021 - Sonoffalstaff wrote: 92 Points

  Very good but more to come from this I hope. What you’d expect from top Andean Malbec. Lacking stardust at this point.

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  3/28/2021 - Whisky&Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This wine is so inconsistent. This is my third time having this wine in the last few years and each bottle is different.
  
  One was super drying and heavy cranberry. I used it to make pasta sauce later in the week after disliking the first glass. (80)
  
  One was rather unremarkable and came across as a reasonably good cab franc or malbec blend. Not bad but not remarkable. (88)
  
  This bottle was great. Silky, powerful, rich and very engaging. Clearly a malbec and a rather voluptuous one at that. Light finish after a fruit forward attack and mid palate, with secondary flavors announcing themselves as the fruit faded away. Nuanced and interesting. It invited more tastes. I opened it because I wasn't feeling inspired and decided to head to the South American section of the cellar. A nice surprise.
  
  I have a good friend who is very into Argentinian wine. He has visited the vineyards and knows some of the makers. When I texted him last night, just a pic and saying wow this really exceeded my expectations, he wrote back "yeah nice stuff but really inconsistent." So I guess it isn't just me.
  
  I bought these on release from Zachy's and they've been perfectly cellared since. So I'm not sure why there would be such variation among my six bottles unless there are some quality control issues. Those should not exist in their flagship / at this price point.
  
  
  One hour decant and serve at cellar temp.

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