Achaval Ferrer, Finca Mirador other_regions creosote and herbs

creosote and herbs

gravel & sandstone

fresh and restrained nose offers good if not special complexity on the mostly red berry fruit-suffused nose

and this vintage does a great job of packaging it all together

I very much like the mouth feel of the distinctly mineral-tinged medium-bodied flavors that possess outstanding complexity while concluding in a tension-filled and impressively persistent finish

Achaval Ferrer, Finca Mirador other_regions creosote and herbsAs for the single vineyard wines, the 2011 Malbec Finca Mirador is from Medrano, at 720 meters altitude, on the west parcel, where the soils are deep and clay rich. This is their warmest single vineyard with very fine tannins, concentrated but balanced, with aromas and flavors of dark fruit, graphite and black spice. The palate is medium bodied, ripe and round, no edges, sophisticated and precise. It is always the wine that shows well early. I had the