The last of the Malbec's today. I was in happy with the prior 2. This one has some decent age and a more approachable fruit driven wine. Some blackberry fruit with sweet prune and then a slight grippy finish oh too familiar to Malbec. Perhaps more mushroom then fruit but nonetheless interesting and the best of the lot.
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Found a couple loitering in my recent stock check and was surprised by the improvement from 85pts from my 2013 (score only) note. Mellow blackberry and hedge fruit flavours with integrated grainy tannins and even a touch of truffle. Decent grip. Whilst lacking the overall intensity to take it to the excellent level, nonetheless very enjoyable. Drink up soon.
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(Catena Malbec) #1; COLOR-dark; NOSE-big time black fruit and a huge floral (violet) component; PALATE-spectacular; this is textbook under $20 weekday wine; GV-No Score
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6/25/2022 - edckim wrote: 88 Points
Initial burst of dark fruit, blueberry, simple structure with a clean finish
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7/11/2020 - tomoem wrote: 88 Points
The last of the Malbec's today. I was in happy with the prior 2. This one has some decent age and a more approachable fruit driven wine. Some blackberry fruit with sweet prune and then a slight grippy finish oh too familiar to Malbec. Perhaps more mushroom then fruit but nonetheless interesting and the best of the lot.
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11/4/2017 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 88 Points
My last bottle, summed up by my August note.
Very good but for drinking up ASAP.
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8/25/2017 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 88 Points
Found a couple loitering in my recent stock check and was surprised by the improvement from 85pts from my 2013 (score only) note. Mellow blackberry and hedge fruit flavours with integrated grainy tannins and even a touch of truffle. Decent grip. Whilst lacking the overall intensity to take it to the excellent level, nonetheless very enjoyable.
Drink up soon.
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8/6/2016 - dede3727 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very smooth east drinking.
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