Great bottle with at least five more years ahead of it. Decanted two to three hours, it developed nicely over the course of the evening. Well-balanced, with dark red fruits and good structure. Not the typical Malbec. Drink or hold.
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Very dark fruit in this medium to full body wine. The wine has nice structure and concentration with medium acidity and present but not aggressive tannins. This opened over the hour it was decanted. My first go at this wine and I was impressed.
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(GRAND MALBEC Cuvelier) Leoville Poyferre Dear Friends, If you think 2003 Leoville-Poyferre was extracted, try this. These are exciting, almost daredevil-like wines and they've become so hard to get we had to go to Argentina to secure them (the US distribution and allocations west of the Mississippi are so paltry, there was no point). The offspring of Leoville-Poyferre (with look-a-like labels to match), Cuvelier de los Andes has a chance to the most successful off-shoot winery in South America. The Leoville Poyferre people have done this the right way and the results will make lovers of the most naturally extracted, massive wines in the world pay homage to their calling - I'm not sure there are higher levels of extract anywhere else. Tanzer rarely gets this excited about anything so take note (and he is one of the last bastions of classicism left). For the style, these are supreme examples but lovers of lilting or light-weight Anjou should run in the other direction. This is about sheer impact fused to a regal, Bordelaise backbone - something that is very difficult to achieve. This parcel is directly from the winery cellar with the finest provenance available - our prices should be about the same as in Argentina. (Before you hit the "reply" button, the main importer for this set is in CT and prices there are far less than anywhere else - there's a place called Big Gourmet in CT that has these at basically wholesale prices - not sure if it's an error but they are honoring their published prices - I'm sure they will sell out quickly so you may want to throw your hat in the ring with them - I don't know about provenance but you can ask them. Other than CT, our prices should be pretty darn low) 2005 Cuvelier de los Andes "Grand Vin" (Mendoza/Leoville Poyferre) (this is 70-80% Malbec with portions of Cabernet, Syrah and other varietals). 2005 Cuvelier de los Andes "Grand Malbec" (Mendoza/Leoville-Poyferre) (this is 100% Malbec and is considered the flagship of the winery). Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Arg8700 Arg8800 Arg8900
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12/12/2020 - Simoncino wrote: 93 Points
Great bottle with at least five more years ahead of it. Decanted two to three hours, it developed nicely over the course of the evening. Well-balanced, with dark red fruits and good structure. Not the typical Malbec. Drink or hold.
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11/9/2014 - Uncle John wrote: 92 Points
Very dark fruit in this medium to full body wine. The wine has nice structure and concentration with medium acidity and present but not aggressive tannins. This opened over the hour it was decanted. My first go at this wine and I was impressed.
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4/13/2013 - jrglm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Stellar bottle of wine. Deep, rich color. Powerful nose and big, robust on the palate.
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10/18/2011 - maderay wrote: 90 Points
VG. Tannins. Needs 3-5 more years of aging. Liqueur, espresso at first, but then got harsher instaed of better.
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10/3/2010 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 94 Points
A big chewy Malbec with some tight tannins but developing nicely with some nice black fruits. Very full bodied and the wine really coats your mouth.
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