Community Tasting Notes 27

• Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 16, 2023 - Served by a friend. Dark purple colour. Spicy nose, blackcurrant. Fruity and long palate, it's dry with a hint of sweetness. At perfect maturity now. Hints of syrah. Excellent.

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• Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 88 points

  June 6, 2019 - I have notes from drinking bottles in both early 2019 and in 2018 and this wine is clearly degrading, but still a lot of character. At the end of its useful life, drink in 2019. It is much mellower now and may not stand up to heartier fare.

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• 3daywinereview.com wrote: 93 points

  May 17, 2019 - Possibly the best wine under $20 of all time for me. I must have gotten their reserve Privada as like this better than everyone else. Funk, raspberries, spice, dust and gravel. Medium plus finish and balanced. Sorry to have drank all of these but why wait at this level.

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• 3daywinereview.com wrote: 93 points

  April 27, 2019 - Day 1: Again off the charts. Funk, spice, blueberries, tar and chocolate. Super complex and medium plus finish. The best wine of my life for under $20. 93 points
  Day 2: Really integrated wine with plum, funk, spice, blueberries, chocolate and cherry. Medium plus finish. One of the best wines in the last 5 years for the money. 93 points

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• Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 9, 2019 - Same as 8/29/18, drinking well now:Argentinian version of a right bank Bordeaux blend, done exceptionally well at quite the value. 40% Malbec, 30% each Merlot and Cab. The amount of Malbec is more than one finds with right bank Bordeaux, but it works with this one, leading off with almost Zin-like spice. The Merlot also shines with elegancy smoothing out any possible austere taste. The Cab is not the star but amps it up to just the right level. Drinking well right now with some breathing, but should be good well into 2019.
  Highly recommend...seems we may have gotten this on sale for $19.99, usually see it in the $20-25 range. Great bargain at any of these prices.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Bodega Norton
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Privada
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Argentina
• Region Mendoza
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Code 717888700129

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• In Cellars 185 (41%)
• Consumed 265 (59%)

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