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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Sat, Apr 20, 2019 09:54 AM cst
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Regions: Argentina
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
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| Bodega Vina de 1924 Angeles |
2008 |
Gran Malbec  |
$40 |
1 |
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| VM 90 (3/2012): Good deep ruby-red. Boysenberry, blackberry, dark chocolate, mocha and sexy oak on the nose, plus a whiff of stony minerality. Rich, deep, dark berry and chocolate flavors show a truffley nuance, as well as a liqueur-like quality buffered by adequate acidity. A bit aggressive with alcohol but the echoing finish features a fine dusting of tannins and excellent length. This outsized, no-holds-barred malbec remains just this side of over the top. Stephen Tanzer. |
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| Bodega Catena Zapata |
2015 |
Argentino Vyd. Malbec |
$102.99 |
22 |
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| WA 95 (6/2018): The 2015 Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino blends grapes from Angélica Vineyard in Lunlunta and Nicasia Vineyard in Altamira. It's a classical Malbec that fermented in 225- and 500-liter rolling oak fermentors and matured in French barrique for 18 months. They have changed the image and also the blend for this wine, which is now all from old vines. The label shows the history of Malbec with four relevant women (including Madam Phylloxera!) from the 12th century to the rebirth in the 20th century. This is ripe and heady, very open and expressive, with violets and juicy fruit. This is a new blend to break the tendency of so many single-vineyard bottlings and goes back to the blending traditions of the past. It shows really well—expressive, open and ready. It kept growing and growing in the glass, becoming more focused and even more fresh, at one point getting very close to the freshness of the 2016! 24,000 bottles produced. |
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| Piattelli Vineyards |
2012 |
Arlene Serie Proprietary Blend |
$25 |
3 |
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| WA 88 (8/2015): The 2012 Arlene is a blend, mostly Malbec and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, produced for the first time in this vintage. The grapes fermented in six rolling barrels. The fruit feels very ripe, on the verge of being overripe, with something organic and earthy and also quite oaky. The palate shows similar characteristics and quite a lot of dusty tannins that coat your tongue and leave a drying sensation. 3,600 bottles produced. |
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| Pulenta |
2016 |
La Flor Mendoza Rose |
$14.99 |
2 |
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| The Seeker |
2014 |
Mendoza Malbec |
$10 |
1 |
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| Terrazas de Los Andes |
2014 |
Cheval des Andes |
$69.95 |
60 |
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WA 97 (6/2018): The 2014 Cheval des Andes is a different blend than previous years and contains a high percentage of Malbec and more Petit Verdot than Cabernet Sauvignon. This reflects the strict selection they had to do in a rainy year that was very challenging for Cabernet Sauvignon, especially in certain parts of the traditional vine-growing regions of Mendoza. The final breakdown of the blend is 83% Malbec, 9% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is from the first of a series of three wet vintages where they see lower temperatures as an advantage to get where they want to go. They are more after elegance, freshness and complexity rather than power. In this vintage, they only used 15% new oak for the élevage in order to preserve the fresh aromatic expression of Malbec, and the aging lasted 15 months. It's incredibly fresh and floral, superbly balanced and very charming. This is the year with the most Malbec ever; it was an accident, but it was the kind of Malbec they like. They generally aim to have more Cabernet in the blend, but that wasn't possible in this low-yielding vintage. The palate is very balanced and elegant, with very good freshness and some restraint, not alcoholic or sweet at all. They find a lot of similarities with 2014 in Bordeaux—classical, fresh, quite transparent and juicy but precise. This has to be the best Cheval des Andes I've tried so far. They tell me this is the first vintage that really follows the style they want to produce in Argentina, with balance, complexity and freshness, away from high alcohol, extraction, oak and excess. The style will be slightly different since there will be more Cabernet Sauvignon, and their final target might be around 50/50 Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.
JS 95 (6/2017): A rich and round-textured red with gentle tannins and a flavorful finish. Full-bodied, round and succulent. This is 84% malbec and the rest is cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot. Drink now.
VM 93 (7/2018): (14.6% alcohol; just 15% new oak; 100% from estate vines, about three-quarters from the rockiest portion of the company's Las Compuertas vineyard and the rest from Altamira): Bright ruby-red. Very fresh black and blue fruits, menthol, spices and licorice on the nose and palate, complicated by mint, minerals and medicinal herbs (the Cabernet Sauvignon is apparent here). Still a baby but already displays a Malbec juiciness and firm underlying structure. Suave in texture, offering noteworthy delicacy and clarity. Winemaker Lorenzo Pasquini cut back substantially on new oak in 2014 (he normally uses 30% to 50%) and used only French barrels. Not a large-scaled wine but refreshing, suave, complex and intense, with lovely cut. Finishes with excellent spicy length, round tannins and hints of licorice and black olive. Stephen Tanzer.
WS 92 (10/2018): Powerful, inky and ripe-tasting, with muscular dark fruit flavors that feature plenty of smoky notes. Dark chocolate and cream details show on the long, plush finish. Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2022. 1,300 cases imported. |
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