Syrah Double Select 2016

LUCA

Syrah Double Select
2016

  • Sustainable

$38.05*

* Suggested retail price

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Product code
214965
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Geographical Indication (GI)
Region
Mendoza
Subregion
Valle de Uco
Varietal(s)
Syrah 100 %
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
Aging vessel type
12 months in 35% new French & 65% 2nd use French barrels
Producer's website

About this winery

Laura Catena, daughter of famous Argentine wine pioneer, Nicolas Catena, was born in Buenos Aires. At the age of 14, her family moved to Berkeley, California where her father had taken a teaching position in the Economics Department. Laura went on to attend Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in biology, and then she returned to the west coast, to Stanford University, to pursue a medical degree graduating in 1992. Today, Laura Catena is a practicing emergency-room physician....

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Product notes

The Laborde Syrah vineyard was planted by a double massal selection of Syrah vines brought back from France´s Rhone Valley over half century ago by renowed viticulturist, Luis Laborde.

Tasting notes

Beautiful deep purple color. Aromas of cigar, leather, and smoked meat fill the nose with hints of toasty oak, forest floor and baking spice. Sweet tannins support big fruit flavors of blackberry jam, black spiced cherries with a hint of rhubarb.

Press reviews

James Suckling

- 92 points -

May 2018 (Vintage 2016)

This has a lifted nose of ink, violet extract, blueberry tea, bark, lavender extract and loads of baking spices. Full body, lots of dark plum fruit, tangy acidity and a very fruity finish.

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