Catena Zapata, Adrianna Malbec Size:12x750ml This is distinctly sauvage in

This is distinctly sauvage in character with moderate toast

(from 20 to 25 year old vines)

Funnily enough

with strong acidity framing and intensifying the flavors of dark fruits and licorice

I tried a second bottle a couple of weeks later and it was as good or even better

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Malbec Size:12x750ml This is distinctly sauvage inFull ruby red. Musky dark fruits and bitter chocolate on the brooding nose, with a strong kirsch note emerging with aeration. Powerful and deep but youthfully closed, with terrific grip to the flavors of cassis, dark chocolate and minerals. Quite closed and young today, but with its fine grained tannins and slowly building persistence this single vineyard malbec appears to be built for a positive evolution in bottle. Stephen Tanzer