November 2024
CATENA ZAPATA
Zapata Malbec Nicasia 2023
- 95 points -
A big, almost full-bodied style but opens with subtle, elegant notes of dried violet, thyme and dried orange peel that give way to a powerful, concentrated, structured core built around berry and plum flavors. There’s still Malbec’s hallmark velvety texture, but it is a contrast to the wave of chalky minerality. Finishes with glints of cassis and fig around structured tannins.