2015 Bodega Norton Malbec D.O.C.

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  4/4/2023 - GroveChe Wine Tasting Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Red fruit, chocolate and tannins on finish

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  3/25/2022 - WY Leonidas wrote: 85 Points

  Similar to previous tasting notes - loads of cement and minty herb, and some black fruit, but the fruit is beginning to decline in a bad way, in my opinion. There's a lot of harsh green stemmy notes coming through now, that the youthful fruit masked. Unless this is an off bottle, or the wine is in a weird phase (possible), I'd say drink this up sooner rather than later before more of that lovely fruit is lost.

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  5/4/2021 - Dean&Libby Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Fruity and pleasant, with some tannins. May continue to improve with age. A good buy.

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  5/2/2021 - red freddy Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Received as a gift. 14.0% abv.
  Served with Pizza. Lovely deep purplish-red in the glass. Long legs on the swirl. Red raspberry and red fruit on the nose, carrying over to the palate with plum and cassis.
  Full-bodied with a smooth, round feel in the mouth. Subtle tannins with a bit of a 'grip.' Nice acidity and a pleasant long finish. Spouse and Daughter endorsed. Clearly a legitimate 90 Pt contender. I'll buy more for myself. LIKE.
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  In an informal taste comparison with a 2019 Kirkland (Mendoza) Malbec I had opened:
  
  2015 Norton: Nice deep color, opaque, but not cloudy; looks hearty. Nose: Red berries, some cherry, red raspberry. Palate: a little more flavorful; raspberry, some tannin, soft but fuzzy. Good acidity, nice lingering finish. Good mouth feel. Overall, there is just more 'There' there. (90 Pts)
  
  2019 Kirkland Malbec: Same coloring; Nose: less fragrant, blackberry, just a hint of petrol. Palate: a little lighter bodied than the Norton; blackberry good tannins, again a hint of petrol. Not as full a mouth feel, smooth but less rounded, nor as pleasant a finish. (87 Pts)
  
  I previously did a similar comparison of the 2019 Kirkland with a 2018 Catena Zapata Malbec I liked that seemed to have a much more full and round feel in the mouth with a more lingering finish. (92 pts)
  My hierarchy would be: Catena (92 pts); Norton (90 pts); and Kirkland (87 pts.)

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  10/22/2020 - Twitmer898 wrote: 91 Points

  Smooth. Dark fruit w smokey finish. Great wine for the price range!

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