Malbec Old Vines
2021
Laura Catena, la fille du célèbre Nicolas Catena, pionnier des vins argentins, est née à Buenos Aires. Alors qu’elle était âgée de 14 ans, sa famille a déménagé à Berkeley, en Californie, où son père avait accepté un poste d’enseignant au sein du Département d’économie. Laura a étudié à l’Université Harvard, où elle a obtenu un diplôme en biologie avec grande distinction. Elle est ensuite retournée sur la côte ouest, à l’Université Stanford, où elle a...
Lots of mountain herbs, mussel shells and sour black cherries. Full, fleshy and fresh on the palate with fine, silty tannins and a juicy, rather minerally finish. Long and tight but caressing and pretty transparent and tactile on the palate.
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The 2020 Malbec Old Vine (from La Consulta, Paraje Altamira and Pampa El Cepillo, Uco Valley) was aged for 14 months in 35% new French barrels. Purple in the glass. The nose offers fresh plum notes even in a warm year with hints of blackberry jam and touches of oak and cedar. Indulgent and expansive on the palate with a lactic, languorous flow, the freshness is precise and the flavors linger long during the rich, fruity finish. A well-made, old school wine.
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Dr. Laura Catena sources grapes from old vineyards in the Uco Valley for this fruit-focused and silky-textured Malbec. It boasts flavors of blackberry, mulberry and plum backed by fine tannins. A whisper of dried herbs and spices adds more layers to the palate.
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This is from a selection of three old vineyards—Altamira, El Cepillo, and Tupungato—all in Uco and all planted more than 60 years ago in the lower part of that valley. The vines are furrow-irrigated, the traditional method before drip irrigation was introduced in the early 1990s. With a year of aging in 35% new barrels, this wine offers a dense layer of red fruit and spices. There are flowers, too, but it’s mostly the fruity flavors and aromas that expand vibrantly across the palate. Juicy and intense, this is a wine for the cellar.
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