Layer Cake - Malbec Mendoza 2024 (750ml) DonaulandBig, brooding, black fruit, then rich earth, truffles and dark cocoa are at the front. The Sea of Stones vineyard is at its core, always evident with the thread of minerality that the deep alluvial cobblestones lend. This wine is elegant in the mouth with fresh picked blackberries, simmering chocolate sauce on the stove, and somewhere someones cooking baconso many layers, so little time. Drinking a bottle of this wine will certainly lead to, well,
creamy bananas in the mouth
Above all one has an almost physical sensation of the gentle warmth of the summer sunshine – like walking on the edge of the shore at the point where the cooling breeze off the sea intermingles with the heat reflecting off the sand
mineral-laced citrus and orchard fruit flavors that show no excess weight
and it isn't for the instant gratification crowd
8 acres planted in 1991
It also shares with a sibling an ability to really deliver an above-average rosé
Grippy and more masculine than I predicted from barrel
Elena Celli and Luca D’Attoma
The grapes are harvested from the small family-based organic vineyard in the village Orbeli (Tsageri)
Aromas: Loaded with fresh red fruity notes and hints of plums jam together with subtle notes of black pepper
the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Bosché offers a great bouquet of both red and black fruits as well as notes of herbes de Provence
I think that’s lovely and I expect it to be starting to drink really well in 3-5 years