Ikella , Malbec 2007, By Bodega Melipal, USD 10
A Malbec from Agrelo District in Lujan de Cuyo Dpt ,Central Mendoza.
Nice malbec with red fruits and plum with herbal elements and a little toach of spiciness like oregano and mint. Wide middle palate typical from Agrelo. Very soft oak elements mostly at the arome level (vanilla, coconut) in good balance. Not very attractive though as it looks somehow weak (may be walking the downhill lane). An 86 points malbec and a good value for ten bucks. It doesn´t matter much if before of after 4 years. I wound´t cellar more than 4 though.
Note: A little bit of History: Ikella means, as the label reads, a type of clothe `worn by local natives mapuches´. Actually the local natives are the Huarpes. So even though its real history, I don´t feel its fair and right for the real local natives. The same Mapuches (Araucanos) also spreaded all over north Patagonia displacing local Patagonian natives Tehuelches somehow during the 18th century. So neither here they are natives but as the late Spanish invaders to the real native people. Sorry, a paralel history note to the wine.
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