Catena Zapata, Adrianna Malbec Size:12x750ml (88-90)/2010+

(88-90)/2010+

35 ha monopole that spans a parcel of vines situated in both Vaudésir and Preuses though 95% of it is in Vaudésir

I tried a second bottle a couple of weeks later and it was as good or even better

Spanish cedar and cinnamon

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Malbec Size:12x750ml (88-90)/2010+Full ruby red. Musky dark fruits and bitter chocolate on the brooding nose, with a strong kirsch note emerging with aeration. Powerful and deep but youthfully closed, with terrific grip to the flavors of cassis, dark chocolate and minerals. Quite closed and young today, but with its fine grained tannins and slowly building persistence this single vineyard malbec appears to be built for a positive evolution in bottle. Stephen Tanzer