Black Tears, malbec 2007, By Fincas Patagonicas, USD 40-50
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A single vineyard Malbec (finca san pablo) in Uco valley, Mendoza.
I haven´t tasted a malbec like this before. Full body with astonishing balance and beauty. All the things malbec might bring off are here. The fruit is ripe, deep and strong without over expression. The oak is entangled in between nicely. Wide, wide, and delicious. Multilayered is a nice mental image. I simply don´t remember any Malbec so complete and quintessential. A 97 point malbec and for sure a 99 in a couple of years. I wouldn´t go further of 8 years age on most malbecs, but this is my personal palate and bias.
fn: this wine was tasted blind with friends (lets say knowledgeable people in tasting wines), before eating, and only with white soft cheese and against Hess Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (Mendocino & Napa), Purple Angel (Carmenere 2007, Colchagua Valley,Chile) and Riglos Gran Corte 2007 (Uco Valley, Mendoza). A few liked more the more oaky Carmenere, some the more complex Riglos or Hess. But the mayority ranked first Black Tears Malbec 2007. So, like many other things, the ranking here was a personal bias on 4 super reds.
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