Doña Paula Estate Malbec 2006
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
100% Malbec
Complex aromas with ripe plums, blackberry, blueberry, sweet tar, licorice, black pepper, mint, truffle with a hint of mocha flavors, giving an expressive and typical Argentinean character. 20% of the wines have been aged in French and American new oak for a period of 6 months. No finning. Unfiltered wine.
89, Wine Advocate
“The 2006 Malbec Estate was aged in new French and American oak for 12 months. Deep crimson in color, the wine has a slightly muted nose of cedar, spice box, black cherry and cassis. This leads to a medium-bodied, elegant Malbec with a silky texture and light tannins. It should evolve for 1-2 years and drink well through 2016. It is a good value.”
89, Wine Spectator
“Solid, with a juicy core of red plum, raspberry and red licorice flavors backed by alluring spice and floral notes on the finish. Drink now through 2008.”
Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar:
“Aromas of dark raspberry, licorice, minerals and spicy oak, lifted by a violet topnote. Sweet but firm on entry, then a supple fruit bomb in the middle palate, offering juicy flavors of dark raspberry, blackberry and violet. Perhaps a bit youthfully bound-up, but this clean, intensely flavored wine finishes with seamless tannins and very good length. I’d wait a year or two before pulling the cork.”
