Wine Reviews

Shows a decent amount of oak but wears it well, offering clove and vanilla notes around a ripe, brambly berry core, with touches of coffee bean on the finish. Another push of berries at the end lends this version ripe tannins

It offers the darkest aromatic profile of the range, combining deep black-fruit notes supported by accents of crushed stone and fresh herbs with well-integrated toasty flourishes. The palate balances a plush, seductive texture with a lifted, floating energy…

The 2019 Malbec Single Vineyard Alizarine is made with grapes from a vineyard planted in Las Compuertas around 1930 and was aged for 12 months in two-thirds new French barrels. Purple in the glass. The nose presents red fruit, ripe plum and a remote whiff of violets joined by cedar, vanilla and oak from the aging process. A classically made wine. The palate presents refined, rounded, but grippy tannins and a degree of volume. Intense and graceful with a fairly smooth texture that helps to reaffirm the Las Compuertas character

Ripe, fresh blackberries, cocoa powder and touches of dark earth funk, grilled thyme, mussel shells, licorice and spices on the nose. Full-bodied and compact, with very fine-grained, dusty tannins and a long, ample and well-structured finish. Drink or hold.

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.