An elegant and well constructed wine. Full to medium bodied, ripe dark fruits with aromas of blackberries and rasberries, harmonious tannins and a soft finish. Can't go wrong with a Catena!
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Decent flavor and lingering taste. Went well with both beef and chicken (both in robust seasoning). Will get again when I find it a the decent price I had.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is light/medium. The wine finishes short.
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Very good Malbec. Deep purple color. Medium body, smoothness and acidity. Scent t of blueberry and vanilla. Tasted cherry, dark fruit, and some pepper.
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I agree w the below comment on Amazon basics. It’s nothing unique or new, but it is a very good basic wine. Its drinking quite well with only a few years of age. It’s decent on its own but does better with richer foods. At this price, quite good
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An aroma of stewed plums leads to a fresher light berry palate, with a modest finish. This is a perfectly well-constructed wine, but it feels constructed, the kind of wine you drink and think: this tastes like the Amazon Basics of wine. Satisfactory, but not interesting.
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100% Malbec. Gravely soils. 35% new oak. Cooler Malbec, some herbal, minty notes, cinnamon spice, forest floor. Medium acid. Medium-bodied. Well-balanced. A fresher version of Mendoza Malbec and that’s the point of their appellation series wines, to highlight the sub-regions of Mendoza.
https://winediplomats.com/
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The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry. It tastes like blackberry. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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Okay. Black fruit, spice, slight savory note, medium tannins and acidity. Not as good as the Lunlunta (https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3907755). Seemed better on the second day.
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Ung frisk, tät och aromatiskt varm doft av violer, blommor, engelsk lakrits, vildhallon och choklad. Smaken är rik och koncentrerad med mörka körsbär, nougat, rökiga mineraler och örter. Årgången 2020 i Mendoza var extremt varm vilket uppenbarligen hanterades mästerligt av catenateamet. Vi provade en stor uppsättning av Catenas viner i mars och det är bara att ta av sig hatten för och tacka för vad Catena bjuder oss på. Samtliga viner är mycket prisvärda men Paraje Altamira Malbec vinner nog fyndtävlingen. Det här är väldigt mycket vin för 149 kronor./Vinbanken
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Day 1: Red berries, plum, figs, mild spice and floral notes. A tasty wine with short to medium finish. A crowd pleaser. Grainy (Agglomerate) Cork 90 points Day 2: Not as good and tasting like a cheap grocery store wine. Plums, cherry and mild spices. Lacks complexity and acidity. One of the few wines to go downhill on day 2. 84 points Day 3: There is hope for this wine as it is better but not quite as good as the pop and pour. Small berries, dust, pepper, minerals and spice. Much more complexity and nicer on the finish than day 2. 88 points Recommendation: This is a drink me now wine that has about 4-5 years of enjoyment. No need to decant.
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Black and blue berries, some plum. Lots of spice. Medium tannins and more elegant than powerful, but there’s a lot there. Good from the get go, but it does improve with time as it comes together a bit more.
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4/7/2024 - Bert’s Stache Likes this wine: 90 Points
An elegant and well constructed wine. Full to medium bodied, ripe dark fruits with aromas of blackberries and rasberries, harmonious tannins and a soft finish. Can't go wrong with a Catena!
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2/11/2024 - lpettet Likes this wine: 88 Points
Decent flavor and lingering taste. Went well with both beef and chicken (both in robust seasoning). Will get again when I find it a the decent price I had.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is light/medium. The wine finishes short.
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1/21/2024 - Bob AR Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good Malbec. Deep purple color. Medium body, smoothness and acidity. Scent t of blueberry and vanilla. Tasted cherry, dark fruit, and some pepper.
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11/3/2023 - rmalloy wrote: 87 Points
Tasted blind. Guessed malbec. I don’t like malbec.
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10/30/2023 - funderwood10 wrote: 87 Points
I agree w the below comment on Amazon basics. It’s nothing unique or new, but it is a very good basic wine. Its drinking quite well with only a few years of age. It’s decent on its own but does better with richer foods. At this price, quite good
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10/11/2023 - scummings wrote: 91 Points
Smooth and tasty
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6/11/2023 - MBusk Likes this wine: 86 Points
An aroma of stewed plums leads to a fresher light berry palate, with a modest finish. This is a perfectly well-constructed wine, but it feels constructed, the kind of wine you drink and think: this tastes like the Amazon Basics of wine. Satisfactory, but not interesting.
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5/27/2023 - ziavino wrote: 87 Points
Simple, with notes of candied black and blue fruit and hints of smoke throughout.
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5/25/2023 - scotty_b wrote: 89 Points
Jammy plum and fig.
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1/28/2023 - Stanesa Wines Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good, but not 3x better than the Kirkland. Slightly smoky nose, lots of alcohol flavor, well-rounded for a Malbec, creamier than other malbecs?,
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12/19/2022 - Wine Diplomats Likes this wine: 92 Points
100% Malbec. Gravely soils. 35% new oak. Cooler Malbec, some herbal, minty notes, cinnamon spice, forest floor. Medium acid. Medium-bodied. Well-balanced. A fresher version of Mendoza Malbec and that’s the point of their appellation series wines, to highlight the sub-regions of Mendoza.
https://winediplomats.com/
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10/30/2022 - Weinkoenigen Likes this wine: 88 Points
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry. It tastes like blackberry. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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10/29/2022 - Pernicano wrote: 90 Points
Nice jammy wine. Good balance, but maybe a little lacking in intensity. Even for a malbec.
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10/24/2022 - Weinkoenigen Likes this wine: 85 Points
A little corse; improves with air
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9/10/2022 - DavidWong168 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Light intensity palate but the nose is quite expressive. Dark fruit profile and finishes a little abruptly.
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6/11/2022 - adamanko wrote: 88 Points
Rich. Fruit. Better with food. 88.
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5/20/2022 - Frejdan wrote: 89 Points
Good QPR. Dark plum-like color. Nose of dark fruit, oak and vanilla. Weaker palate but a bit better after some aeration.
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4/20/2022 - zenaida21 wrote:
Okay. Black fruit, spice, slight savory note, medium tannins and acidity. Not as good as the Lunlunta (https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3907755). Seemed better on the second day.
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4/8/2022 - pani0619 Likes this wine:
Ung frisk, tät och aromatiskt varm doft av violer, blommor, engelsk lakrits, vildhallon och choklad. Smaken är rik och koncentrerad med mörka körsbär, nougat, rökiga mineraler och örter. Årgången 2020 i Mendoza var extremt varm vilket uppenbarligen hanterades mästerligt av catenateamet. Vi provade en stor uppsättning av Catenas viner i mars och det är bara att ta av sig hatten för och tacka för vad Catena bjuder oss på. Samtliga viner är mycket prisvärda men Paraje Altamira Malbec vinner nog fyndtävlingen. Det här är väldigt mycket vin för 149 kronor./Vinbanken
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3/17/2022 - merlotsmile wrote:
Malmö
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3/15/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
More of the jammy Argentina style to it. Just opened, doesn't really show all that jammy to me. More mineral intensity there, good age-worthiness.
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3/14/2022 - Richard123 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice enough, but seemed a little muted.
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1/12/2022 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 90 Points
Day 1: Red berries, plum, figs, mild spice and floral notes. A tasty wine with short to medium finish. A crowd pleaser. Grainy (Agglomerate) Cork 90 points
Day 2: Not as good and tasting like a cheap grocery store wine. Plums, cherry and mild spices. Lacks complexity and acidity. One of the few wines to go downhill on day 2. 84 points
Day 3: There is hope for this wine as it is better but not quite as good as the pop and pour. Small berries, dust, pepper, minerals and spice. Much more complexity and nicer on the finish than day 2. 88 points
Recommendation: This is a drink me now wine that has about 4-5 years of enjoyment. No need to decant.
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11/13/2021 - Jobu wrote: 92 Points
Black and blue berries, some plum. Lots of spice. Medium tannins and more elegant than powerful, but there’s a lot there. Good from the get go, but it does improve with time as it comes together a bit more.
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