Category Mendoza

Bodegas Caluna Mendoze Red Blend – 2009 – 9.0 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

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  • Malbec – 48%
  • Cabernet Sauvignon 42%
  • Merlot 10%

Back plum, savory spice, Morel mushroom and vanilla.

 

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Ricominicare Valle de Uco Mendoza Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon – 2006 – 9.3 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine is 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon.  This is a unique blend where Cabernet Franc is a lead in this dancing duo– usually Cabernet Sauvignon has that honor.  These wines playing together create a very harmonious wine.

Cabernet Franc is a favorite because it brings together several varietals in a blend and is a great harmonizer.  But Cabernet Franc is an exciting varietal because it gives vibrancy.  Cabernet Franc gives both a floral bouquet but also gives a deep sense of earth.

This wine gives notes of roasted dark cherry, blackberry, baking spices, hint of vanilla, fennel and chocolate dust.  Scent of mid-summer red roses, sweet cedar and leather.

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Casa Latina Mendoza Reserva Shiraz – 2006 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Wild bramble berries, chile Guajillo, chocolate dust, game and truffle.

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Casa Latina Mendoza Reserva Malbec – 2006 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Blueberry, smoke, chocolate, vanilla, flower garden, and moist earth.

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Festivo Valle de Uco Mendoza Malbec – 2008 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine presents with notes of cranberry-cherry, slight spice and dried herbs, Brazil nut, black pepper and anise.

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Gauchezco Mendoza Malbec – 2008 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine is a medium bodied wine with 14% alcohol.  This wine exhibits notes of red cherry, mild dark chocolate, pepper and sweet spices.

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Festivo Valle de Uco Mendoza Malbec – 2004 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This Malbec’s time in the bottle has shown the beauty of aging.  The 2004 vintage has a gorgeous tannic structure; this wine has delicate and focused dark red plum notes, the scent from a plum orchard in Fall, abundance in herbaceous characteristics, and a denouement in earth and Eucalyptus.

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Mil Piedras Mendoza Malbec – 2007 – 8.5 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This wine has a synthetic cork and is a disappointment as it has an affect on the wine.  This wine exhibits roasted blueberry, field mushroom, chocolate, pepper and nutmeg and ground clove.

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Llama Mendoza Old Vine Malbec – 2005 – 8.4 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

A delightful rich and bold Malbec–plenty of herbaceous notes – fennel, anise and black pepper, cedar, field mushroom, chocolate, and blueberry.  This wine holds promise but unfortunately the synth cork was noticeable.  I would love to try this wine without it’s synth closure for it’s baseline characheristics.

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Tierra Brisa Mendoza Chardonnay – 2006 – 8.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

This is an un-oaked Chardonnay; pale straw color and a refreshingly crisp Chardonnay with very generous acid.  Bounteous Comice pear, vanilla, almond, and Lychee fruit.

This bottle was sealed with a synth cork.

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