Dark chocolate, blackberries, graphite, mineral, cigar box, pencil shaving and a touch of black pepper. Layered and complex, showing good finesse and well-judged ripeness from this vintage. On the palate, it is full, juicy and structured, with firm, mealy tannins and an extensive finish. A year where this Alto managed to show good drinkability. Quite refined from a more challengingly dry and warm vintage with a touch of Bordeaux bearing
Intriguing complexity on the nose with a white pepper lift from the ripe but fresh blackberries, blue fruit, hot stone, mussels, graphite and roasted spices. Full-bodied on the palate with nicely woven tannins and a juicy, lingering finish. Savory salinity at the end.
Rich but fresh blackberries with dark chocolate, sandalwood with violet and graphite. Just a hint of prune that won’t bother. Full-bodied, ripe and juicy on the palate with firm, fine-grained tannins rounding out the fleshy black fruit. Juicy and pretty long.
Dark chocolate, ripe but fresh blackberries, cigar box, grilled pepper and dark spices. Juicy and medium- to full-bodied on the palate with firm, vertical tannins in a fine-grained mode. Structured and quite long. Energetic despite the high level of alcohol. Nicely austerity from the firm, fine-grained tannins.
There’s a touch of bark, grilled Mediterranean spice savoriness to the rich but fresh blackberries, salted black plums and graphite notes. Pretty saline and flavorful on the palate. The tannins are powerful yet fine-grained. A structured and characterful malbec from old vines in El Cepillo.