Outstanding, incredibly youthful at 15 years of age. Bold and hedonistic - surely nothing for "cellar purists" given the oak, but in its own style a marvellous representation of Catena's Malbec. This would have so many years to go, but unfortunately was my last bottle...
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Even better day 2 as the wine gained weight. Among the fines noses I recall - fresh, young chopped wood & some strawberries. Palate has fine grained tannins and still a bulk of them. Very long. Natural - not "done" at the cellar but vineyard. I you want a still more vineyard made wine then go for Rampolla Sammarco. No hurry with this one but I drank my last one now.
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This was surprisingly youthful, Pak still npt integrated. My taste Hâns evolved into more wineyard (as opposed to winemaking) but anyhow the quality was impaccable. A side note that the case and the Bottle had an awful smell, my cellar being too humid but this did not affect the wine.
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2004 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Adrianna Vineyard
9/9/2019 - Jojala wrote: 97 Points
Outstanding, incredibly youthful at 15 years of age. Bold and hedonistic - surely nothing for "cellar purists" given the oak, but in its own style a marvellous representation of Catena's Malbec. This would have so many years to go, but unfortunately was my last bottle...
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2007 Fattoria Petrolo Galatrona
11/25/2018 - Jojala Likes this wine: 95 Points
Even better day 2 as the wine gained weight. Among the fines noses I recall - fresh, young chopped wood & some strawberries. Palate has fine grained tannins and still a bulk of them. Very long. Natural - not "done" at the cellar but vineyard. I you want a still more vineyard made wine then go for Rampolla Sammarco. No hurry with this one but I drank my last one now.
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2004 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino
7/18/2017 - Jojala wrote: 94 Points
This was surprisingly youthful, Pak still npt integrated. My taste Hâns evolved into more wineyard (as opposed to winemaking) but anyhow the quality was impaccable. A side note that the case and the Bottle had an awful smell, my cellar being too humid but this did not affect the wine.
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