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DE CAFAYATE AMAUTA ABSOLUTO TORRONTÉS 2016 Cafayate Valley, Salta
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer BODEGA EL PORVENIR
Bright light straw colour. Intense, very spicy, baked lemon-apple nose with lots of lychee notes. Dry, medium to medium-light bodied, albeit quite well structured, very spicy, intense, lychee-melon-apple flavours with a lingering, crisp, unoaked finish. Ready-to-drink and fine value. Has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BEST BUY - Floral, orange bouquet; light to Medium-bodied, dry, crisp and elegant; fresh, lychee flavour with lively acidity and good length. CSPC 489179
Type White Table Wine
Agent HHD Imp
Country Argentina
Region
Rating **/**+(88 points)
Spicy, Bright, Ripe Lychees
LCBO Text Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy
TASTING NOTE: The El Porvenir winery has become a benchmark producer of high-altitude Torrontes, and this is a bright and aromatic declaration of their skill with the grape. Rich, floral and fruit-driven with good length and flavours of peach pit, apricot and sweet citrus and crisp acidity. (Vintages panel, April 2016) Price $ 14.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - September 30, 2017
Cases bought 279 (12 bottles per case)

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