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• espencer43 Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 2, 2020 - Enjoyed at Bartletts cabin

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• Viking 61 wrote: 93 points

  February 9, 2019 - The last of three. What an enjoyable pleasure of a hand crafted beauty. after two hours post pop the blueberry focus takes you on an amazing amazon trip of murky ripe dark notes. What a pleasure that is diminished by not having any more bottles.

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• Viking 61 wrote: 93 points

  October 13, 2018 - Round 2, and not a disappointment. This is a superb bottle of wine. The layers of flavors and chameleon shifting as it opens and responds to the the temperature changes. We opened up and aired about half an hour. It could have used more with a short decant but it was fun to experience the evolution of air and temperature. We started outside with barbecued hot Italian sausages and sauteed onions on a baguette. As the wine chilled, and the sun set, we finished inside with the warmth rounding out the wine for a nice long finish of numerous hints of dark fruit and berries with dry dark chocolate, cardamon, and cinnamon sprinkles. What a pleasure to enjoy. One more each of the 12 & 13. Must do a mini vertical.

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• pc2006mg wrote: 92 points

  January 16, 2018 - Very nice bottle. My last one.....

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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 18, 2017 - PnP, no decant. Classic malbec dark, purple ink with a dark garnet edge. Woodsy, briary, pine sap and dark fruit nose. Smooth rich entry with a weighty mouth feel, minus the overabundance of green pepper that afflicts many lesser Cali and a good number of Argentinian malbecs. There is a little black olive, maybe a touch of fig? There is a very definite astringent character to this wine with the smooth powdery tannins coating every corner and crevice inside the mouth. I have not had this Ladera malbec before, but it is a very nice Cali surprise.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Ladera
• Varietal Malbec
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain
• UPC Codes 739799652120, 739799652137, 739799652755

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• Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
• In Cellars 144 (29%)
• Consumed 343 (70%)

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