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RESERVE MALBEC 2016 Tupungato, Uco Valley, Mendoza
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer FINCA SOPHENIA
Very deep intense purple colour. Spicy, baked plum-cherry nose with some cedary, dilly, caraway notes. Dry, medium bodied, very spicy, dilly, plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, somewhat cedary, caraway-tinged finish. Has 13.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L-7228 - 7279 on the back label. You can safely ignore the ludicrously high 96-point tasting note from Oct. 2017 appearing in the Vintages Catalogue. The preferred 2014 (**/**+) with 88-points was released on June 24, 2017 at $18.95. CSPC 66837
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Syl Win
Country Argentina
Region
Rating *+(86.5 points)
Spicy, Tangy, Dilly
LCBO Text Status
TASTING NOTE: Intense aromas of floral-tinged black cherry and blueberry fruit, with a beautiful length and elegance of herbal and floral black fruit on the palate. Drink: 2017-2024. Reviewer: Paz Levinson. Score - 96 (Decanter, Oct. 2017) Price $ 19.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - February 17, 2018
Cases bought 644 (12 bottles per case)

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