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Carinae, Malbec, Hommage, Mendoza, 2014
Amazing old-vine Malbec from 93 year old vines in a high altitude vineyard at Calle Cobos, Perdriel in Luján de Cuyo, just south of Mendoza; tiny yields, a strict grape selection, aged in new and second fill French barrels. Concentrated,... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionMendoza
GrowerCarinae
Grape VarietyMalbec
Vintage2014
ABV15%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeCAE414
Carinae
Mendoza, Argentina
Frenchman Philippe Subra, with his wife Brigitte, came to Argentina as the national boss of EDF, the French energy giant - but loved the country so much he cleverly bought some long-established vineyards and settled there, on the south side of Mendoza. He has built a small cellar - boutique indeed, whilst wholly lacking the pretension that word implies!
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Malbec
Malbec is a red grape whose home is in south-west France, and specifically in the appellation of Cahors.
There (known as Cot) it makes a strongly flavoured wine which is, all too often, tannic and rustic and needs several years ageing to show its best.
Like Carmenère in Chile, it is much more successful in Argentina than in its homeland. Introduced in the mid 19th...
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Carinae, Malbec, Hommage, Mendoza, 2014
Amazing old-vine Malbec from 93 year old vines in a high altitude vineyard at Calle Cobos, Perdriel in Luján de Cuyo, just south of Mendoza; tiny yields, a strict grape selection, aged in new and second fill French barrels. Concentrated, with fine-grained tannins, offering black fruit - with a liqueur element - spiced with mocha and tobacco. Now-2025
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