Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Plum, Blackberries, Black Cherry Raspberry, Pomegranate Pepper Clay
Secondary Notes:
Tertiary Notes: Coffee, Tobacco, Leather
Wine Structure
Body:
Dryness: Dry
Acidity: Medium -
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Origin & Awards
Origin: Mendoza, Argentina
Maker: Luca
Grape: Malbec
Fermentation: Heavy Wood
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Serving Recommendations
Decanting:
Serving Temperature: Best enjoyed between 16 - 18 degrees
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: Venison or wild game, steak, pork, quail, lamb chops, and medium-strong cheeses
Description
Luca Old Vine Malbec 2017
This Luca Old Vine Malbec has made it to Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list, not once, but twice for a reason – it is quintessentially expressive of Mendoza. It has spice and black cherry aromas with notes of cocoa. The berry flavours pop on the palate with lively acidity, finishing with hints of espresso.100% Malbec from vines of 50 years old. It was aged 12 months in 30% French oak and 70% second use French oak barrels.
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13.8%AWARDS & ACCOLADES
A dark, dense color and bold berry aromas laced with tight-grained oak notes and related vanilla, spice and cinnamon accents are quite the draw. This full-flavored Malbec is medium in depth and driven by ripe fruit and wiry acidity. Blackberry, cassis and creamy, almost fatty oak flavors finish with medium length. Drink now through 2024.
A great range of aromas from flowers through smoke to elderberries, pull you into this powerful, structured yet graceful malbec in which the fine-grained tannins are already beautifully integrated, gently turning ever drier through the long, polished finish. Mostly from old vines in Altamira, plus some wine from higher-altitude vineyards.
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