Catena Appellation La Consulta Malbec 2016

CATENA

Catena Appellation La Consulta Malbec
2016

  • Sustainable
Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Geographical Indication (GI)
Region
Valle de Uco
Varietal(s)
Malbec 100 %
Colour
Red
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About this winery

At heart, Catena is a story about family. Family who poured their lives, passion, and spirit into transforming scrub-laden desert into some of the most beautiful and unique vineyards in the world. Family that passed their knowledge from generation to generation, blending collective memory with state-of-the-art science from the new world of viticulture. Family who, through risk-taking, faith, and a little luck, transformed their treasured Mendoza terroir into the fountainhead of the...

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Press reviews

Tim Atkin MW

- 93 points -

May 2019

Alejandro Vigil uses 5% co-fermented Semillon in this stylish, scented Paraje Altamira
Malbec for added complexity. It’s a floral, alluring Malbec with plenty of colour and
concentration and chalky underlying acidity.

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Vinous

- 91 points -

July 2018

Bright medium ruby. More medicinal and rocky on the nose than the Lunlunta Old Vines bottling, with its aromas of black fruits, licorice and spices accented by a sexy note of white peach. A step up in intensity and tightness of grain from the Lunlunta Malbec; in a more masculine style and in need of patience even if it already boasts excellent inner-mouth lift. Finishes classically dry and firmly tannic, with none of the leathery quality I found in the Lunlunta 2017. Classic Malbec at a gentle price.

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