This Malbec-led blend is sourced from vineyards in Lujan de Cuyo and Maipu. Warmly scented with red currant, red berry, subtle spice and a suggestion of oak, it shifts to blackcurrant and blackberry flavours in the mouth. Shows good overall balance and depth of flavour with moderate tannins and a splash of dark chocolate, finishing a touch short.
Shows dark fruit with evident note of plum, subtle cinnamon and a deft hint of oak. Solidly structured with firm, dry tannins and dark chocolate culminating in a firm, well-integrated finish.
This one is predominantly Malbec blended with Bonarda and Syrah to produce a forward, perfumed wine showing ripe dark berry, blackcurrant, cinnamon, clove and minty herbal notes. It is rounded and velvety smooth on the palate, with milk chocolate and sweet ripe fruit lingering on the finish. Emphatically fruity New World style.
This is a very special collaboration between Danish winemaker Hans Vinding-Diers (cousin of Peter Sisseck of Pingus), and Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano. The project was inspired by the discovery of a small plot of old vine, pre-phylloxera Malbec in the Río Negro Valley. From that, they've produced a small range of Malbec, Malbec blends, rosé and Cabernet Sauvignon. A Lisa is a blend of Malbec with 9% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, with a blend of estate and neighbouring fruit. Tight and chiseled, with pure black cherry, plum and thorny blackberry, housed by finely gritty tannins. Acidity is taut and direct, keeping this streamlined and narrow, tucked into its 13.5 degree frame.
Floral and light herbal scents, together with dark fruit and spicy notes, pave the way for blackcurrant and blackberry in the mouth. Supporting tannins show velvety texture with a touch of dark chocolate and tobacco ash on the finish.
Inky/purple, this is a substantial Malbec with blueberry, cassis, cherry, smoke, vanilla and distinctly spicy. Concentrated with loads of fruit and spice lingering long. Drink over the next 5 years.
This is an example of Trapiche’s project seeking to demonstrate the impact of terroir in Argentina. Grapes were sourced from heavily calcerous soils in prime vineyard locations. On the nose the wine shows attractively developed ripe berry, floral, spicy and leathery notes. Blackcurrant and blackberry flavours take over on the palate, with firm, dry tannic grip, black chocolate and dark fruit that persists on the finish.