Ripe and solidly built, with dark plum and raspberry fruit layered with violet, mineral and licorice flavors. The fresh acidity keeps it all together. Drink now through 2008. 5,830 cases made, 2,200 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Argentina / Mendoza Select to Add

This reviewer’s most vexing Argentine property strikes again with its first-ever appellation-style Mendoza Malbec. To me the wine is mildly bretty and staunch, with unrefined, bulky flavors, tartness at the core, and a strangely salty finish. Just this side of acceptable is the only way I can describe it. 6,500 cases produced.——M.S.(5/1/2007)—— 81