Alta Malbec
Barrancas, Maipú, Mendoza
2020
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Tasting Notes
Alta Malbec is a special wine, made with grapes from sixty-year-old vines. It presents slight hints of violet and a fruity nose that evokes blackberries, spices and tobacco. This Malbec finishes with a rich and lingering palate.
Vineyards
The soil is frank and stony.
Winemaking
The grapes are hand-picked using small baskets. Cold maceration takes place before fermentation for 48 hours. Winemaking is carried out in stainless-steel tanks and macerated from 15-20 days. To obtain its maximum expression, the wine is softly filtered before bottling. The wine is aged in new French oak barrels for fourteen months. Once it is bottled, it remains in temperature-controlled conditions for another six months prior to release.
Technical Information
- Vintage:
- 2020
- Alcohol:
- 14%
- Region:
- Barrancas, Maipú, Mendoza
- RS:
- 2.5G/L
- Varietals:
- 100% Malbec
- PH:
- 3.7
- TA:
- 5.85G/L
Accolades
James Suckling
February 2022
Wonderful purity of fruit with blackberries and flowers, such as violets and orchids. Medium to full-bodied with very fine tannins that melt nicely into the wine. Very drinkable now, but a couple of years of bottle age will make it even better. Try after 2024.
Tasting Panel
March 2023
Publisher's Picks. Coffee and a slightly smoky tone beckon additional notes of black plum and Worcestershire. Glossy tannins take a slight grip while wet stone and a dusty middle adds to a sensual mouthfeel. An overall great food companion.
VinePair
February 2020
This bold and spicy Malbec is made from 60-year-old vines and aged in new French oak barrels for 14 months, giving it a concentrated and complex profile. The nose is bursting with notes of Christmas spices, sweet tobacco, and cocoa. The palate brings pops of juicy blackberries, plums, and vanilla.
Wine & Spirits
December 2022
Give this plenty of air and the raw wood aromas subside, allowing the wine’s silky-rich blackberry flavors to come forward. Some coffee savor adds interest, then it’s lighter and fresher than you might expect in the finish, closer to strawberry-topped angel’s food cake than the black-forest-cake first impression. And though it might suggest desserts, the tannins and acidity keep enough freshness through the end for another sip.
Wine Spectator
November 2022
A ripe, concentrated but well-proportioned red, with rich tiers of berry and açaí joining violet and five-spice accents around mineral-tinged tannins. Reveals notes of dark chocolate and molasses.
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