Konantu, Malbec 2008, By Bodega Chacras del Sol, USD 10
A malbec from Rio Negro Valley, Rio Negro Province, Northpatagonia.
A strong malbec like only northpatagonia may bring around. Some cooked notes from oxidation and temperature not quite alluring (*). Black cherries and boysenberries sweet and deeply scented.
No oaky stuff other than a weak chocolaty note. A naturally concentrated malbec by terroir. An 84 points malbec fair and straight. Probably best up to 4 years old.
(*) this quality is frecuently found in some wines from Rio Negro. I don´t know if these unproper oxidation and temperature come from the Bodegas itself or the distribution or both. What I know for sure is that,unfortunately, the wine´s quality step down a couple of points
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