Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Catena Zapata |
Label Name: | Adrianna Vineyard River Malbec |
Vintage: | 2019 |
Country: | Argentina |
Region: | Adrianna Vineyard, Gualtallary, Tupungato Alto, Uco Valley, Mendoza |
Volume: | 6000ml |
ABV: | 13.8% |
Grape(s): | 100% Malbec |
Acidity: | 4 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 99 points (noted Dec 2022); James Suckling: 98 points
Tasting Note
Perfumed violets, blackberries and black olives with wet-stone minerality and spice; exuberant, plush fruit balanced by fine, chalky tannins and a long, precise finish.
Food Pairing
Grilled/asado beef, ribeye, roasted lamb, mushroom risotto; Korean BBQ, char siu, miso-glazed eggplant, spicy Sichuan or Cantonese braised beef.
Production Method
50% cold maceration with 50% whole-cluster; fermentation in 225L French oak barrels and 500L roll-fermentors; wild yeasts; 20 months in 1–2 year-old French oak.
Vineyard Info
From the 'River' parcel (2.6 ha) of Adrianna Vineyard—stony alluvial soils covered with white calcium carbonate stones at 1,366 m altitude. Produced by Bodega Catena Zapata (Catena family).