Numina 2007, By Salentein Wines, USD 25-30
A very good blend malbec (85%) based with a toach of merlot from Tunuyan, Uco valley, Mendoza. The blending of malbec with a splash of merlot is frecuently made to widen the palette of fruits and tannin toward a more sour and red flavor. This is the case here. Nice mix of fruits with a counterbalance of sourness to the more compoted and cooked quality of malbec fruits. Good chocolate and vanilla too. Very smooth and velvety with a nice persistence.Not as complex as 2005 vintage in terms of herbal and spicy notes. A 92 points red probably best after 6 years cellaring. A very good value too.
The 2005 vintage was more delicious. Here the cellar factor may be the key.
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