Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions_italy Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry and

Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry and blueberry on the intensely perfumed nose and in the mouth

Champs Goudins and Le Pré de la Folie

hints of mint

graphite and smoke is not intense but gains vigor with continued aeration

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions_italy Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry andLike the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard River Stones was bottled a little earlier, and the time in oak was shortened. It was a most unusual year that was cold and rainy and allowed for no irrigation. This has good ripeness and sharp acidity, making it powerful but extremely fresh, with a backbone of acidity that lifts the wine up and makes it extremely long and persistent. In fact, the wine blows me away with an