LA POSTA - Bonarda Armando - 2012
- - 90 points-
Wine and Spirits Magazine
October 2012Many Argentine bonardas are soft and pleasant at best, stand-ins for simple Beaujolais. This one is...
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Many Argentine bonardas are soft and pleasant at best, stand-ins for simple Beaujolais. This one is...
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An expansive nose with a pronounced floral character is trimmed in soft wood and sea shore nuances....
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The overt wood this displayed from cask last year has been almost completely integrated and now the...
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The La Posta wines are selections of Laura Catena of Mendoza's famed Bodega Catena Zapata. It is a...
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Pale yellow-straw color. Powerful, expressive aromas of yellow peach, crushed stone, ginger and...
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Two glasses indicate "very good wines".
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Gorgeous aromas of toasty oak lead off in this polished red, followed by black cherry, blackberry...
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...this is one of Napa's most spectacular cabernets. It's complex, balanced, full-bodied with dark...
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...Briary, woodsy and dusty spice overlays add extra interest to the medium-depth black cherry and...
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The 2001 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is one of the most impressive wines in this ten-year retrospective of...
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Here too there is a hint of menthol to the less elegant but more complex nose that displays a...
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The 2008 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is a big, serious wine endowed with layers of black fruit, iron,...
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This is classic Napa Valley Cabernet, but “classic” in a traditional rather than modern mode,...
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Deep red-ruby. Aromas of cassis, black cherry, violet, menthol and chocolate call to mind a top...
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Deep red with ruby tones. Sappy, perfumed nose offers cherry, white pepper, crushed stone, mint and...
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A brooding, deep and introverted nose grudgingly gives up notes of cassis, earth, wood and a hint...
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Good bright red. Noble, airy aromas of piquant pomegranate, smoky minerality, white pepper and...
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This offers up a completely different aromatic profile than that of the Mazis with its extremely...
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A reduced nose hides the nuance but it's clear that the underlying fruit is ripe. There is good...
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Two glasses indicate "very good wines". *** - indicates wineries that have won ten three glass...
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Petit verdot, typically a supporting grape in Bordeaux blends, produces dark, jammy reds....
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Farmed under Biodynamics at Grgich’s American Canyon and Carneros estate vineyards, this wine has...
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This 100% estate-grown wine is the inaugural vintage that’s certified biodynamic. Free sulphur:...
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