LUCA - Malbec - 2012

LUCA

Malbec 2012

- 92 points -

(14 months in 50% new and 50% once-used French oak barrels; from ungrafted 46-year-old vines): Bright ruby-red. Aromas of black cherry and bitter chocolate accented by an herbal note. Concentrated and deeply fruity, with an intense blackberry flavor complicated by a saline quality. Showing no overt sweetness but quite suave and fine-grained, finishing with firm tannins and lingering dark fruits. -Stephen Tanzer

March 2014