Carmelo Patti is a legend in the Mendoza wine scene, a producer who believes that Malbec needs bottle age to reach maturity. In this 2006, that age brings out tobacco and coffee scents while the fruit sustains its freshness, bathing the wine in subtle lavender aromas. It has the tension of a wine designed for refreshment and the flavor depth of a wine built to last, one that could evolve for another five years. (6/ 2010)
If you’re curious about how to make a delicious, textbook Malbec, with all of the bursting purple fruit, a minimal amount of oak and no overextraction to distract from the wine’s expression, here’s how it’s done. Start with terrific fruit (in this case from Pedriel in Lujan de Cuyo). Ferment with only native yeasts and age one year in concrete. Then age for another year in good quality, primarily used French oak barrels. Finally, another year of ageing in the bottle. It’s that simple, though when you taste the wine your thoughts will likely not be about winemaking, but wine drinking. This is as honest and tasty an expression of Argentine malbec as I have yet to drink.
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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2010 Finca Decero "Remolinos Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza $14.99
2011 Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc Reserva Casablanca Valley $9.99
2012 Elsa Bianchi Malbec Mendoza $8.99
2011 Fournier "Urban Uco" Torrontés Cafayate $8.99
2011 Pascual Toso Malbec Maipu Valley $11.99
