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Casarena Reservado Malbec 2018

Purple Silk.
Malbec
  • $58.00

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Black Fruit, Mineral, Red Fruit, and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice and Woody

BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS:
Dry
ACIDITY:
Medium +
TANNIN:
Medium -
ALCOHOL (%):
High (More than 14%)

Origin: Mendoza (Uco, Maipu, Lujuan de Cuyo Valley & More), Argentina

Grape Varietals:
Malbec

Winemaking:

Maturation: 7-12 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Steak, stir fried sirloin strips (Lomo Saltado), venison stew, grilled or roasted vegetables, hard cheddar.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Thai BBQ, Beef teppanyaki, Rogan Josh lamb curry

Description

Casarena Reservado Malbec 2018

Grape varietal & region: 100% Malbec. The grapes come from a mixture of Casarena's own vineyards in Luján de Cuyo, mainly from Agrelo and Perdiel.

Taste profile: This is a fruity Malbec from Luján de Cuyo. Intense deep red colour with purplish hues. The nose recalls aromas of violets, vanilla, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries. Dense and sweet in the mouth with silky soft tannins and a bright acidity on the medium to full-bodied palate. Generous black fruit flavours (blackberry, blueberry, plum, cherry) with a hint of strawberries and plenty of tobacco, mocha, vanilla and leather spices as a result of its passage in oak barrels. Closes with a long and persistent finish.

Winemaking process: Double manual selection of the grapes. After a careful destemming, the berries go through a cold whole-berry fermentation. To assure maximum aromatic expression, natural alcoholic fermentation occurs first at low temperatures. In French oak barrels, the wine experiences a spontaneous malolactic fermentation and then natural clarification. Finally, the wine ages for 12 months in second-use French oak barrels.