Bonarda Armando 2017

LA POSTA

Bonarda Armando
2017

Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Dénomination origine (DOC)
Region
Mendoza
Varietal(s)
Bonarda 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

When Laura Catena decided to create a line of wines of her very own, she made a conscious decision to pay tribute to the traditional, small, family, growers and to a group of special vineyard sites in Mendoza, Argentina. The name La Posta refers to La Posta del Viñotero – ‘the Tavern of the Grape Grower’, found in every local village where farmers go to get their mail after a hard day in the vineyards. There, they meet to drink wine, laugh, and tell stories, agreeing to agree or disagree...

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Press reviews

James Suckling

- 91 points -

June 2017

A dense and rich wine with plenty of berry, walnut and light chocolate character. Full body, lovely fruit and a flavorful finish. This is bonarda. 

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James Suckling

- 91 points -

April 2018

Citrus and orange peel, blackberries, tar, vanilla, resin and lot of bark. Full, fruity and chewy on the palate with soft tannins and a fruity finish.

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James Suckling

- 90 points -

November 2016 (Vintage 2015)

A tight and lightly dusty red with licorice and blackberries. Medium to light body. A fun wine from Argentina that everyone should try. Drink now.

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Descorchados

- 90 points -

June 2018

They get about 35,000 bottles of this bonarda from a 6-hectare pergola-trained vineyard that responded very well to this very cool year in Mendoza. Here the acidity of a cold year marks the fruit and lends tension, but the flavors continue to be very bonarda-very lush. 

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 Wine and Spirits Magazine

- 90 points -

October 2012

Many Argentine bonardas are soft and pleasant at best, stand-ins for simple Beaujolais. This one is more ambitious, with a tense, mineral core surrounded by scents of black fruits and spice. It’s substantial enough to serve with morcilla.

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James Suckling

- 90 points -

November 2016

A tight and lightly dusty red with licorice and blackberries. Medium to light body. A fun wine from Argentina that everyone should try.

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Vinous

- 90 points -

Stephen Tanzer, July 2017 (Vintage 2017)

Dark red-ruby. Inviting high-pitched aromas of blackberry, dark raspberry, bitter chocolate and violet. Densely packed, fine-grained and sweet; a fresh, firm fruit bomb of a Bonarda with just a bit of the variety's leathery funk leavened by a violet topnote. From vines that are more than 80 years of age. Finishes with sneaky rising length and firm, smooth tannins. A stunning value.

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Decanter

- 89 points -

July 2014

...this is a pure example of Bonarda.  Generous on blackberry notes, black pepper and sweet strawberry flavours, open this one for your next barbecue.

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 Wine Enthusiast

Top 100 Best Buys 2015

Michael Schachner, (Vintage 2014)

Cherry and plum aromas are ripe, sweet and inviting. There’s plenty of body and roundness to this Bonarda, while exotic blueberry and boysenberry flavors finish fresh, with a light herbal aftertaste. Overall this shows lots of fruit and good balance. Vine Connections. -M.S.

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