June 14, 2014 - Breathed it for a few hours
Decantered to open it up
Good flavour
May 19, 2014 - Corvina definitively reduces body and increases acidity to the blend, great nose, and mellow Malbec plum comes though in taste.
Great match for spicy meat empanadas
March 19, 2014 - red, dark purple, in color. currants, earth, cherry, licorice, on the nose. mocha, oak, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, on the palate. high acid on the finish.
December 8, 2013 - Bon vin, mais il pourrait tellement être plus... il manque quelque chose.
November 22, 2013 - Robe de couleur: Rubie; Bouquet: Fruit mûr, terre, poivron, violette; Arômes en bouche: Raisin, petit fruit mûr, cerise, fleur, chocolat noir, Bon accords, nez renfermer au debut, bonne longueur, belle equilibre
September 19, 2013 - (Genius in Gastronomy tasting room)
Interesting experiment, this is a blend of Malbec and Corvina with a short appasimento twist.
It has a clear mid ruby color. The nose is clear with medium intensity, inky, animal notes, light alcohol hints, raisiny. youthful.
Dry with medium body and intensity, meidum alcohol and acidity, medium tannins offering blue and black cherries, bitter chocolate, cinnamon and nutmeg with a mid finish.
Very good wine, bordering mid/high price (15 euros), drinking now but could age.
May 22, 2013 - Pleasant but lacking in depth. However, it clearly gained a bit of weight in the glass and I found the last more interesting that the first an hour earlier. I don't think that this will ever be anything more than mildly interesting, and there are better value wines out there.
May 3, 2013 - Not much on the nose other than some candied fruit. The palate, on the other hand, fans out with ripe blackberry (with a faraway raisin note), graphite, and tar. This has some good structure, and it's a nice value for $12.
April 22, 2013 - A blend of Malbec (70%) and lightly raisined Corvina (30%). Aged for 9 months in barriques.
Dense, opaque, tooth-staining purple color - probably Malbec at work here. The nose is somewhat restrained with aromas of plummy dark fruits and ripe dark berries with some oak spice, vanilla and a surprising, characterful hint of barnyard. The red-toned aromas of Corvina don't really make an entrance in the nose. On the palate the wine is juicy and full-bodied, but also pretty linear and straightforward, true to the Argentinian style. There are velvety smooth flavors of ripe plums, some dark cherry notes of Corvina, a little licorice and a hint of smoke. The wine has good structure, but mainly because of the moderately high acidity, as the tannins are low to modest and contribute very little to the backbone of the wine. The rather long finish shows more sour cherry character of Corvina as the sweeter plummy flavors fade away quickly. The aftertaste leaves notes of sour cherries, licorice, oak spice, some bitter wood and hints of tart dark berries in the mouth.
A positive surprise for an Argentinian red, combining the best sides of crunchy red Italian wines and bolder, more fruit-forward Argentinian Malbec. Although the wine shows more oak than I care for and the tannic structure is quite too easy for my taste, the wine is still surprisingly balanced and harmonious an effort and pretty enjoyable on its own. It is nice to see that this is not an overextracted, super-fruity jam bomb, unlike so many Argentinian Malbecs, but instead one that emphasizes freshness and elegance as well. Despite being an atypical blend, the end result is a surprisingly pedestrian, easy-to-approach everyday wine. Good value at 12,49€.
April 10, 2013 - ChTR kokous 10.04.2013 (SKO-toimisto): Decanted, tasted double blind. A nice granate red. The nose was full of red currant, some sweet vanilla, quite pleasant, especially after some air. The palate had good acidity but not really any tannins to speak of, lots of red berries and a bit of smoky background. A very pleasant wine, ready to go now. A surprising blend of Malbec and Corvina.