2013 Lagier Meredith Malbec

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  5/16/2021 - wilypod Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark and dense without being heavy or muddled. Fragrant with luscious and forward boysenberry and juniper and dark cherry flavors. Tannins mild now, quite smooth and plush, rather like a Napa Valley floor Cabernet, as opposed to a tightly wound Napa hillside Cabernet. Feminine fragrance and athletic structure in a very appealing package. Quite different from the bulk of Malbecs from Argentina. More supple and Bordeaux like. Drink now with a long decant or cellar to follow its trek. Cork in excellent condition for cellaring. 2020 to 2026.

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  11/11/2020 - blcarter3 Likes this wine:

  Decanted for about an hour, drank over two. Deep purple color, almost electric. Surprisingly tight after the hourlong decant, but opened nicely after about an hour in glass. There's a rich, powerful core, as others have noted, but the wine remains so fresh, with a lively, bright, mouth watering acidity. The fruits are purple: blueberry, blackberry, boysenberry. There's also a firm minerality, dark spice, licorice, a bit of cocoa, and oversteeped black tea from the tannins. The 2013 vintage in Napa was quite structured, and it really comes through here. I have one bottle left, which I won't open for at least five years, perhaps 10. Paired nicely with roast chicken.

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  6/19/2020 - jmc167@me.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wonderful purple color, tannins still very present but balanced by the fruit and acid.

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  6/7/2020 - jmc167@me.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  No detailed notes, just a great memory, paired very well with hamburgers topped with blue cheese

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  5/15/2019 - David_T wrote: 91 Points

  Fairly intense... meaty initially then dark purple fruits. Dark florals, hints of licorice and spice. Medium+ acid & tannins. Drinking well now with a bit of air but this has lots of life left, no rush.

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