Altocedro, La Consulta Gran Reserva Malbec, Uco Valley
Altocedro · Mendoza › Uco Valley › Argentina
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Taster #8397
· Jan 8, 2025
Perfect with some Black angus!
2012 vintage
Taster #6171
· Oct 7, 2019
This style is not the present style - here very high octane with lots of new oak. It works, but the new style I think is far more elegant.
2012 vintage
Taster #6171
· Oct 2, 2019
Smells like well matured Aussie shiraz. Savory on the palate, rich, developed, rounded.
2012 vintage
Taster #7090
· Oct 16, 2018
80/100
Needed to breathe, good with spicy food, the finish was flat
2012 vintage
Taster #6171
· Oct 26, 2016
Complex nose of red and black fruit, And big and salty on the palate. And a fairly long finish as well. It is not a Gran Reserva built from the Reserva with just more oak. They tried to get a certain level of finesse and elegance from specific vineyard sites. THe fruit comes from a single plot of 110 year old vines. Barrel fermeneted, 30 -45 barrels only, and then free run juice. 2 -3% of semillon in there as …
2012 vintage
Taster #6171
· Oct 13, 2014
Complex, with some violets and a touch of green on the nose as well. Lighter and fresher on the palate then the Reserva as well. Which I am being told is the point - this is a very old vineyard barrel fermented that takes almost about 2 months to finish fermenting. And those are apparently new oak barrels as well. And hey oh, there is about 2% Semillon in this as well. And this is apparently all free run juice …
2012 vintage