2019, Pasionado, Malbec, Andeluna
Tim Atkin MW 94 (2023); James Suckling 91 (2023)
EDKA Rating 8/10
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At a glance
- Grape
- Malbec 100%
- Region
- Uco Valley, Argentina
- Alcohol
- 15.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Game
Why this wine
Grown at around 1,300 metres in Gualtallary, where the altitude gives fresh acidity that low-lying Mendoza cannot. Concentrated but not heavy. High-altitude Malbec at its most convincing.
Our advantages:
Description
How it tastes
Ripe red fruit and violet with vanilla, tobacco and a touch of chocolate — structured, full-bodied and aromatic. Hand-picked at dawn in April at full phenolic maturity.
The producer
Andeluna farm seventy hectares at 1,300 metres in the rocky Gualtallary terroir of Tupungato, founded in 2003. The altitude is the whole point: the diurnal swing is what keeps a wine this concentrated from feeling heavy.
Food and drinking
Good with red meat and game. Drinking well now, with a decade or more ahead of it. Serve at 16–18°C to highlight its depth and structure.