Acumen 2021 Mountainside Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$85.00USD

Most wineries, like Acumen, love fruit grown on hilly terrain. The grapes have proper drainage, the addition of breezes keeps the leafy vines healthier and soils are richer in nutrients. Therefore, this Mountainside Cabernet has everything going for it. This wine requires a little bit of patience however, and decanting this for a few hours will be well worth your time. This shows the obvious black cherry, blueberry, boysenberry, and huckleberry notes that Cabernet typically has.

2020 Chakana Malbec Estate Selection, Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2020
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$20.00USD

This wine is consistently an excellent value in Malbec.  Purple in color, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose has plums, attic dust, and spice.  Full bodied.  Good acidity.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, plums with some spice.  This is deep.  Long finish.  Very nice on its own, this would be a great choice with a mid-week pizza.  Drink over the next five years.  

2021 Bodega Colomé Malbec Auténtico, Argentina, Salta, Valle Chichaqui, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
94
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$42.00USD

This is 100% Malbec grown on its own roots.  The wine is aged 10 months in tank and ten months in bottle and sees no oak.  Inky purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose has plums, black cherries, cloves, and cherries.  Full bodied.  Lush texture.  Firm tannins.  Good acidity.  On the palate, this is concentrated with lots of depth.  Flavors of plums and black raspberries.  Long finish.  It kept opening up all evening as I sampled it.  This really needs a few more years in the cellar but will be worth the weight.  Hold for three to five years and drink for ten to fifteen after that.  Ni

2021 Bodega Colomé Malbec Estate, Argentina, Salta, Calchaqui, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$27.00USD

Inky purple in color, opaque and slightly flat.  The nose is tight initially, but opens with air to show boysenberries, roasted herbs and spices.  Full bodied.  Firm tannins.  On the palate, there are black cherry flavors along with some spice.  With air, plums come out.  An interesting root beer note on the finish.  Also, some warmth.  This is young but delicious now.  No harm opening now, but it should improve with a couple years in the cellar.  Drink over the next ten years.  This would go well with stuffed acorn squash and of course, meat dishes.  

2020 Domaine Bousquet Ameri Malbec, Argentina, Mendoza, Uco Vallry, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2020
Score: 
94
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$37.00USD

One of the better Malbec's I have tasted.  It is named for one of the owners of  Domaine Bousquet.  This is 100% Malbec from the Domaine Bousquet home (certified Organic) vineyard grown at 4,125 feet.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is powerful with plums, black raspberries, slight coffee, and spice.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  Good acidity.  On the palate, this has a velvety texture.  Dry but a perception of ripeness.  Flavors of plums, black raspberries and underlying char.  Long finish.  This is young but very tasty.  Drink over the next eight to twelve years.  This wo

Canvasback 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain

Vintage: 
2020
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$44.00USD

In just a few short years of production the Canvasback Cabernet Sauvignon has become one of the de facto wines from the Red Mountain AVA in Washington state. Having reviewed this wine from multiple vintages, there is a clear consistency to its quality. Like most Cabernet you will find the requisite black cherry, blueberry, blackberry notes, but this adds huckleberry, boysenberry into the mix along with dusty tannins and a light mocha quality. But Red Mountain fruit also offers an earthiness and minerality with richer fruit.

Chappellet 2021 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
95
Grade: 
A+
Current Price: 
$95.00USD

It should be no surprise that this wine is a stunner. Chappellet has long delivered quality wines that exceed the status quo; nearly 60 years in fact. The fruit for this wine comes from Pritchard Hill, a well-know parcel that produces exceptional grapes. A classic old-school Cabernet, this offers blackberry, blueberry, huckleberry, boysenberry and black cherry notes with back notes of vanilla, sage, tight tannins, good acidity and the one thing that makes a wine sing – balance. Comprised of mainly Cabernet Sauvignon, there are small amounts of Petite Verdot, Malbec and Merlot added in.

2015 Cheval des Andes, Argentina, Mendoza, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2015
Score: 
94
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$94.00USD

Cheval des Andes is a joint project between Château Cheval Blanc, of Saint Emilion, Bordeaux and Terrazas de los Andes, of Argentina.  It is a blend of 60% Malbec and 31% Cabernet Sauvignon.  Deep garnet in color, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose has cassis, coffee and sandalwood.  Lovely texture.  Firm tannins.  On the palate, cassis, plums, milk chocolate with some char.  Good acidity.  Long finish.  This is young and could use so more time in the cellar although it is drinking well today.  Hold for a few more and then drink for ten to fifteen after that.  Great on its own, it needs so

2016 Square Nail Napa Valley Red Wine, USA, California, Napa, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2016
Score: 
90
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$45.00USD

My first time trying this.  It seems to be associated with Ghost Block wines.  This is a blend of 56% Malbec and 44% Petite Verdot.  Inky purple in color, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose has plums, cedar, clay and spice.  Full bodied.  Light tannins.  On the palate, plums with a bit of black raspberries.  More one dimensional with out a lot going on.  It drinks very easy.  Nice on its own, this would be a nice mid week burger wine.  drink over the next five years.  

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