Catena Zapata, Malbec Nicasia other_regions_italy blackberries and licorice

blackberries and licorice

it’s expressive and nicely complex and this depth continues onto the punchy and tangy middle weight flavors that possess good persistence and finishing pop

Just a tad brutal

Here the nose is also fairly heavily reduced

Catena Zapata, Malbec Nicasia other_regions_italy blackberries and licoriceThe 2010 Catena Zapata Nicasia Vineyard is a single vineyard Malbec from their vines from Nicasia in Altamira (La Consulta) in the south of the Uco Valley, a chalk rich zone that is quickly gaining ground on the terroir map of Mendoza. The grapes were barrel fermented with 5% Cabernet Franc. The grapes were harvested at six different points in time, depending on the difference of soils in the vineyard. I see quite ripe fruit here, a round wine, with