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| SIGNATURE MALBEC 2014 Uco Valley, Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
SUSANA BALBO |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Attractive, intense, spicy, ripe black cherry nose with some cedar notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, dense, quite well structured, intense, gently juicy, harmonious, ripe plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, high acid, cedary, mocha-chocolate finish. This blend of 95% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot has 14.5% alcohol and 3 g/L residual sugar with a new lot number L15G14 31/05/17 on the back label. TONY ASPLER / 89-points / BEST BUY - Spicy, cedary, oaky; full-bodied, dry, fruity but firmly structured, blackberry and plum flavours with lively acidity. The recommended best buy 2013 (**+) was released on November 12, 2016 at $19.95. |
CSPC |
79798 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Bar Win |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
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| Rating |
**+(89 points)
Ripe, Smooth, Spicy, Mocha-Chocolate |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: The 2014 Susana Balbo Signature Malbec is sourced from the same vineyard in Altamira where the Torrontés vines are planted, the Finca la Delfina. It contains some 5% of Petit Verdot grapes. It was kept with lees that were occasionally stirred and it matured in French barriques, 30% of them new, for 13 months. They have reduced the oak drastically, and the wine shows purer, fresher and subtler, finely nuanced. The ripeness is contained, it also shows a little less alcohol as it was harvested a little earlier and with more acidity. There is always a note of mint in the wine produced from this vineyard. I very much like this new direction. Drink Date: 2016-2020. Score - 91+ (Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com, Dec. 30, 2016) |
Price |
$ 19.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 14, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
899 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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