2013 Alamos Malbec

Community Tasting Notes (47) Avg Score: 85.5 points

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  1/20/2023 - xanax wrote: 90 Points

  Very balanced Malbec. Well integrated. P/Q excellent value. Definitely worth cellaring

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  9/24/2021 - HarleyBravo Does not like this wine: 65 Points

  Doesn’t anything for Ann at all

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  12/21/2016 - johnrm Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Last bottle.... Decanted 3 hr prior. Excellent fruit, balance, vanillic tannin and showing attractive spicy complexity after cellaring for 3 years. Brilliant value based on its cost when purchased. Performs beyond expectations when fully mature.
  Worth waiting for - I'll buy more recent vintages but keep for at least 2 - 3 years.

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  12/4/2016 - johnrm Likes this wine: 89 Points

  4 December 2016. 24h hours after opening: Deep colour, good nose. Palate has plum, damson, mulberry with plenty of vanilla and chocolate richness and spice. Plenty of life, yet.
  
  27 September 2016 Much better after a couple more years ageing (since I opened the last bottle). Good, deep colour with plum, damson (with damson skin) and mulberry fruit on the palate. Gentle vanilla oak on the late palate with a little dark chocolate and excellent mouthfeel. Cherries emerged later. Still seems quite youthful.
  A third of a bottle was sampled next day and showed even softer vanillic, mainly cherry, fruit with good balance and gentle mulberry acidity.
  I'm glad it is coming round - it was unexpectedly disappointing 2 years ago. Confirms my faith in Catena Zapata quality at all price levels (this was excellent value).

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  10/9/2016 - jrbates68@gmail.com Likes this wine: 88 Points

  This is a very smooth fruit driven Malbec. Not as dry and tannic as other Argentinian Malbecs I've tasted, but a very pleasant drink.

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