Tanzer tasting notes

Stephen Tanzer just published his yearly review on the Argentinean wines and selected 2 of our wines as top of his list this year.

Alpamanta Estate Malbec 2008- Bright medium ruby, Dark fruits, smoked meat, nutty oak, coffee and a whiff of truffle on the slightly porty nose. Fat and sweet with flavours of coffee, truffle and game lifted by sound acidity. Not exactly a subtle style but not cooked. The sweet, pliant fruit lingers nicely on the back end, where the tannins are supple and ripe.

Alpamanta Reserva Malbec 2007- Full medium ruby. Complex aromas of plum, currant, smoke, coffee, chocolate and truffle.

89 points from Stephen Tanzer

On january 15th the US wine journalist Steve Tanzer published his annual review of wines from Argentina. 600 wines were tasted and we got an excellent result for our Malbec.

These are the exact words of Tanzer`s tasting notes, which can be read in his bimonthly Wine edition (ST International Wine Cellar):

2007 Alpamanta Estate Malbec Mendoza
Good deep ruby. Musky, wild aromas of black raspberry, truffle and game, plus hints of white fruits and marzipan; I would have picked this blind as a syrah. Pliant but firm on the palate, with a juicy quality and good spicy lift to the sweet fruit flavors. Sexy, savory wine with no jammy sweetness.

Also recommended: 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza (86).

DEFINITION OF WINE PERSONALITY

On may 4th our enologist Alvaro Espinoza and Mario decided that the time had come to take the Malbec out of the winetanks and start the pressing process. As a result we got 6.500 liters of concentrated wine, which we will store in another 5.000 liter tank. The remaining 1.500 liters will be put in new French oak for maduration.