2010 Doña Paula Malbec Selección de Bodega

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  8/22/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points

  Wine Spectator Blind tasting class with David Glancy (San Francisco): Wine 6 - Red.
  
  opaque ruby, ruby rim.
  N: Buttery, tart cherry, savory, yeasty.
  Ripe blackberries and tart cranberries (zin? Grenache? Syrah? millerandage?) Raisination.
  
  P:
  Elevated alcohol - 13.5% (14.8%).
  High tannins, chewy. And also grippy from wood-influenced tannins.
  Elevated acid.
  
  Some used barrels.
  
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  Could be:
  Spain - Toro, Ribera del duero. (no signs of oxidative aging though, and this is pretty high intensity).
  Grenache - too much color.
  Syrah - high tannins.
  Malbec - acidity is high.
  Zinfandel - Could be high-quality zin.
  
  Petit verdot, tannat, alicante bouchet.
  
  Zin except tannins are too grippy.
  Could be Amarone della valpollicella, but color is too dark, no volatile acidity, there’s raisination but I don’t think the aciud is as high as David thinks it is.
  
  100% Malbec, new French oak for 14-18 months.
  Argentina, Mendoza. 2010.
  David Glancy - this is Argentinian malbec on steroids - rip your face off.
  
  Re-tasting the malbec:
  This is dark, inky stuff. SLight reduction. Baked fruit - slightly raisinated. It’s been warm here!
  Acid - elevated, maybe acidified.
  Slight vegetal, root vegetable notes.

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