CATENA - Malbec Appellation Lulunta - 2021
- - 92 points-
James Suckling
April 2023A pretty fruity malbec here with a hint of dark olives, spices and strawberries. Lots of fruit on...
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A pretty fruity malbec here with a hint of dark olives, spices and strawberries. Lots of fruit on...
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A crisp and fruity white with lemon zest, fresh herbs, stones and white pepper on the nose. Medium...
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Pale pink. Peaches, lime-and-cherry sherbet, white pepper and stone dust. Very delicate, fragrant,...
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So much power and energy for vines that are just six years old. Mind-blowing chalky minerality and...
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A super-clean and crisp wine for gewurz with an intensely chalky minerality that takes your breathe...
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What a fascinating peachy, flinty and smoky nose this great dry riesling has. Power, energy and...
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The pure Cabernet always sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of the other wines. The 2020...
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A noble wine that’s extremely subtle and delicate, the power seriously underplayed, almost hiding...
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Attractive crunchy character with spiced pears, lemon pith, white tea, lemongrass and orange peel....
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This great pinot gris has stunning concentration and an amazing interplay of chalky, smoky and ripe...
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A sleek, mid-weighted & very contemporary chardonnay, embellishing a pungent mineral chassis with...
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(2/3 from Les Vignots and 1/3 from the 1er Refène). Excellent limpid ruby color. Fresh if somber...
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Warming clove meets grapefruit zest on the nose of this wine. A bit of petrol comes through on the...
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A very well-made malbec with a mixture of red and black cherries, roasted spices and graphite. This...
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This is also overtly floral in character with a plenitude of spice elements complementing the ripe...
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(from a 1.07 ha parcel in Rugiens-Hauts). This is aromatically similar to the Epenots though the...
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This has a perfumed nose of lavender, nutmeg, chocolate cherries, dark raspberries and...
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Lots of graphite, spices, dark minerals, dark olives and iodine to the black cherries. Juicy and...
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This well-balanced Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend includes Carménère, and Cabernet Franc. It's...
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Deep nose of spices, licorice and dried cherries with a pronounced flinty note. Cool and sleek but...
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Grgich separated out the best parcels for the 2020 Chardonnay Paris Tasting Commemorative (he made...
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A non-malolactic wine—made in the spirit of the Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that impressed at...
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This organic and biodynamic Côtes du Rhône is named for proprietors Daniel and Frederic Coulon,...
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A blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Petit Verdot, 20% Merlot and 5% Sangiovese, the hot-vintage...
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