Joe Christenson

9.2

Juicy and effervescent. Hazy, with floral notes and rich grapefruit and white peach flavors to round it out. Beautiful on a hot early June evening. — 19 days ago

Christopher Vaughn Messer

9.0

Perfect ripeness with no excess sweetness: it’s completely dry, full-bodied, and layered with blackberry, plum, cocoa, and a touch of tobacco. The tannins are silky but firm, so it stands up beautifully to rich dishes and holiday flavors. — 7 months ago

William Imler

9.4

Great Malbec and a good price! — 8 months ago

Diedrich Harms

9.0

Bold Jammy flavor with a nice spice finish — 2 years ago

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9.6

The 2020 Nicolás Catena Zapata is a blend composed of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Malbec and 20% Cabernet Franc sourced from Paraje Altamira in the Uco Valley. It was carefully aged for up to 16 months in French oak barrels. Garnet in hue. The nose reveals captivating cassis, rose, blackberry, plum and fig aromas harmoniously combined with dried flowers. The palate presents a dry and ample profile, with fine-grained tannins and a juicy flow that leads to a vibrant mouthfeel, brimming with energy. This meticulously crafted red achieves precise balance in a warm vintage. (Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, September 2023)
— 3 years ago

Jennifer Memmolo

9.4

blackberry smoke — 4 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Malbec and 5% Cabernet Franc, co-fermented and sourced from vineyards in Vista Flores and Altamira in the Valle de Uco, deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruit, floral and spicy notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry and blueberry with herb and generous spice. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit, spice and mineral character. Nice! — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.0

Focussed mineral laden wine. Single note, which suprised me for an eleven year old wine. — 3 months ago

with Tammy, Chris and 2 others

Ken Southall

9.2

Big & bold not alot of tanin — 7 months ago

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Dark fruits, eucalyptus, pepper!! Yumm — a year ago

"Odedi"

9.0

Deep purple in color with a short purplish rim.

Full-bodied with medium acidity.

Dry and very fruity on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing blackberries, blueberries, black plums, cooked cherries, spices, oak, licorice, herbs, light vegetables and peppercorn.

Medium finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 6-year-old Malbec from Mendoza is still young, and a little harsh. I had it before and this time I let it open for a whole day.

Tangy and rich. Very extracted and a little unbalanced.

Wine Advocate 97 points.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$90. — 2 years ago

Pollyana Gomes

9.5

A very good wine. It is elegant, complexity notes of aromas and flavours and a long finish!
— 3 years ago

Vanessa

9.0

Revisiting a delicious Malbec from the Valle de Uco, Argentina 🇦🇷

This wine is medium purple with youthful, concentrated aromas of ripe blackberry, blueberry, and plum; also dried sage, thyme, and lavender, wet earth, espresso, black licorice, peppercorn, smokiness, and game.

It is a dry wine, with medium acidity, a full body, high alcohol, medium tannins, and medium(+) intensity in flavors consistent with the nose. The finish is medium.

Evident in the purity of fruit expression, this wine has not seen oak, underwent whole cluster fermentation, and matured in a concrete egg (hence the name!).

Familia Zuccardi, Concreto, Paraje Altamira, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina. Vintage 2018. ABV 14%. — 4 years ago

with Deked1

Jan de Weerd

9.0

Edgy, powerful wine, remained tight . A bit single note unfortunately. — 5 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

One of the best Malbecs I ever tasted.
Dark fruit, smoke, grilled meat, soft spices, ink, dark chocolate.
Tannines are smooth as silk, long resounding finish. Terrific! — 5 months ago

Joe Rego

9.2

A beautiful, tannic expression of Malbec. We had it with lamb chops and enjoyed it immensely. — 8 months ago

Maggie Harrison

9.4

native yeast, unfined/unfiltered, whole cluster. nose- unripe apricot, stone fruits…something like banana peel? medium acid, dried orange peel. really enjoy. — a year ago

Scott Thomas

9.5

Solid Valle de Uco — 3 years ago

with Maria

John Greer

9.2

Enjoyed this one. — 3 years ago

Ericsson

9.2

Needs a straight decant or min of forty mins in the glass before it fully opens up to a beautiful exotic bouquet of red fruits, dark chocolate and roses. Cheers. — 4 years ago