La Celia, Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, By Finca La Celia, Uco Valley, Mendoza,
USD 15
Barely basic Cabernet Sauvignon with some typical blackberries and candied boysenberries (if that´s posible!) from high Uco Valley. No herbal or peppery notes that I´d expect.Very soft chocolate and toast from almost no new oak at all. Some sour and hot tannin (like a spicy or akward sourness) that I don´t like much. It doesn´t seem a fault but I feel it personally ugly. Bottom line a basic CabSau with barely any virtuosity. A 78 points red far too overpriced. I´d drink it if given to me but I wound´t buy it twice. I´ve tried the reserve series La Celia before (like 2004 as I remember right off the top of my mind) and they were quite good; What happended? Different vineyards? A winery should change the label when the vineyard (an the grapes) shifted. That´s honest and fair trade too.
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