Ericsson

9.3

Tasted this wine a few times and it is certainly getting better. This might the the best vintage yet. At Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion. — 2 months ago

VA

8.9

Drinking in 2025 — 5 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.5

Sourced from a vineyard at 1,100 metres in Paraje Altamira, deep Ruby with aromas of black fruits, herb, leather and spice. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberries with citrus, leather and spice, fine tannins, well balanced long finish ending with an earthy mineral and tobacco spice character. Nice! — a year ago

Severn G

9.3

2004 | Malbec
Achaval-Ferrer
Mendoza, Argentina

2022 NYE redux in Jan 2023
(Thanks XBB.1.5)

Wow! — 3 years ago

John Chawluk

9.2

Surprisingly excellent wine at Wyndham in Rio Mar — 4 months ago

with Scotti

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Clear, medium ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of red plums, black currants, hibiscus, and red pepper flakes; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, medium tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of tart cherries, red currants, pencil shavings, and smoked paprika with a long finish. This wine is complex and intense. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. Nellie says it's ok. — 6 months ago

with Nellie

Brian Hearty

8.9

2018. Last of two bottles gifted to me by my sister-in-law and it paired great with a tomato glazed meatloaf. — 2 years ago

"Odedi"

9.1

Deep ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Strong nose of black currants, plums, oak, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, eucalyptus, light vegetables and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, cooked cherries, spices, chocolates, oak, licorice, light cola, vegetables and peppercorn.

Medium finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 8 year old Malbec based blend from the house of Cheval Blanc is starting to drink very nicely now. Feels like a Right Bank Bordeaux.

Soft, smooth and elegant. Rich and fruit forward. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Complex and interesting.

Needed 90 minutes in the decanter to open up properly, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years.

Wine Advocate 97 points.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.

A blend of 62% Malbec and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in (50% new) French oak barrels for 15 months.

14% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$110. — 5 months ago

carmen

9.8

Spicy, tannic and slightly acidic medium body Georgian red. It’s almost carbonic with notes of cherry, plum and clove — paired with jamon iberico — 6 months ago

Samuel Wong

9.0

This red wine is well balanced, combined with a sweet tannins and a velvety finish, which is great to serve with red meats and tomato dishes.

The wine also has a bright crimson red whose plum and raspberry aromas mingle elegantly with vanilla notes from the 6months aged in French oak barrels. — 3 years ago