hints of minerality and earth

A subtle whiff of exotic fruit can be found on the lightly wooded aromas of mineral reduction

"We finished the harvest at the end of September

finishing with slow-building tannins that shape the exuberant red fruit on the extremely long

elegant and refined medium weight flavors flash good minerality before concluding in a balanced

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Malbec other_regions_italy hints of minerality and earthFull ruby red. Musky dark fruits and bitter chocolate on the brooding nose, with a strong kirsch note emerging with aeration. Powerful and deep but youthfully closed, with terrific grip to the flavors of cassis, dark chocolate and minerals. Quite closed and young today, but with its fine grained tannins and slowly building persistence this single vineyard malbec appears to be built for a positive evolution in bottle. Stephen Tanzer