This is
the inaugural vintage for this delicious wine, made with 85% Malbec with the remaining 15% Cabernet Sauvignon in a
supporting role. A single vineyard fruit from their
Finca Piedras Blancas estate, the
climate is cool sunny days and cold mountain nights, drip irrigation and alcohol coming in at 14.5%.
This wine
poured a deep opaque purple in color and opened up with attractive aromas of black fruit, violets, cedar, tar, pencil shavings and savoury spices. On the
mouthfeel, a full bodied wine with great texture, crushed wild berries, creamy
oak flavours, fresh acidity and fine grained tannins. This Malbec finish is robust
with great energy, flavours and fine grained tannins lingering. I love the
structure and flavours of this gorgeous made to please Malbec, the addition of
Cabernet Sauvignon certainly added an additional layer of flavours and
complexity. Great value and strongly recommended, score 91points.
LCBO Vintages New Release of March 30, 2013
(305813) at $18.95
The last two photos are from the winery website.
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