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CRIOS RED BLEND 2016 Mendoza
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer SUSANA BALBO
Very deep intense purple colour. Fairly complex, slightly spicy, ripe cherry-plum puree nose with some cedar notes. Dry,medium bodied, quite well structured, tangy, ripe cherry-plum flavours with a lingering, slightly spicy, cedary finish. This blend of 73% Malbec with 22% Syrah and 5% Petit Verdot has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L16J04 29/05/17 on the back label. Screwcap closure. TONY ASPLER / 88.5-points / BEST BUY - Spicy vanilla oak and plum on the nose; medium-bodied, dry, firmly structured with red plum and currant flavours. The recommended best buy 2013 (**/**+) was released on October 31, 2015 at $14.95. CSPC 366146
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Bar Win
Country Argentina
Region
Rating **(87.5 points)
Spicy, Bright, Tangy
LCBO Text Status A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection!
TASTING NOTE: There is one blend in the Críos range, and I tasted the 2016 Críos Red Blend, a wine that sells quickly ... mainly Malbec with 22% Syrah and 5% Petit Verdot. This has also moved to being 100% grapes from Valle de Uco, and as the rest of the range (or part of it anyway), it had a soft élevage of nine months in neutral oak barrels. It has good complexity and the different grapes add different nuances, with meatiness and juiciness from the Syrah, some darker aromas from the Petit Verdot and the violets and peach from Malbec. Tasty, with very fine tannins, a blend for the table. Drink Date: [through] 2017. Score - 89-91 (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Dec. 30, 2016) Price $ 14.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - October 14, 2017
Cases bought 539 (12 bottles per case)

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