Tasting notes of a local wine lover without elegant literacy or web design. Just plain wine talk. By the same token I analyze the opened bottle with my senses, just at the very end I re-check the producer (I first checked it when bought it for sure!),vintage,terroir,and price. These data allow me to reconstruct the wine and trace a botton line.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Barrandica (Antucura) Malbec 2009, a second look to a great Vistaflores´s malbec that looks much better
Barrandica, Malbec Seleccion, Vistaflores, By Bodega Antucura, USD 12
first posted on July 2011 as follows:
`Very nice malbec from Vistaflores, Tunuyan (Uco Valley), Mendoza. Dark and concentrated with sour and ripe dark fruits mostly black cherries and boysenberries. Nice dark chocolate too. A little bit over the edge in acidity and alcohol probably due to a hint of brett (like damp mold) wich seems to lessen that beauty fruit. An 89 points malbec that would go 91 if no bretty component picked up. A good value, great if 91 points.´
Now I must put out an Addendum to it
Addendum: I re-tried a couple of 2009 bottles and they were just amazing, 91 or 92 points. The fruits and balance were dominant. No bretty, no strange thing on it. My favorite from Vistaflores at this price range.
This proves what we all know: try more than once a label to reach consistent judgment.
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