Incredible dark purple color. The aromas of dark cherries, plums and roasted cocoa come leaping out of the glass. This is a big, but very suave, wine with layers of ripe cherry and berry fruits, and the cocoa and vanilla flavors simply make this wine's finish go on and on and on. There are loads of ripe, soft tannins, so this wine will certainly age beautifully for a decade or longer, but the temptation to drink it right away may be too much to resist.

Oak Regimen: 16 months in 100% new French barriques. Fining: None. Filtration: None

VINTAGE

  • 2006

VARIETAL

  • 65% Malbec,
  • 35% Cabernet Sauvignon

IMPORTER

  • Vine Connections

FARMING TECHNIQUE

  • Traditional

PRESS

  • Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate : 94 Points

AVAILABILITY

  • Colorado
  • Nebraska
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