It's no secret that the Wine Sauvage is mad about wines from Mendoza Argentina made from the Malbec Grape. Lopez Noceti makes good use of the Malbec for its 1919 Malbec. I relished a bottle of 1919 at the bar of the Holiday Inn, downtown Muskegon. The 2011 vintage is clearly a drink now vintage, and yet this wine exceeds the term, table wine.
The wine is made in the vineyard, a yard of vines sixty years old, hand harvested from vines that have been pruned to give only a few grape clusters chance to mature. Low yield makes those grapes more potent. All of the grapes comes from this estate. The wine is aged for six months in oak from France and that barrel wood upstart, the United States.
The tannins are present yet softened. Acid is present and yet understated. Flavor is fruity, reminding one of blackberries and blueberries in an homemade jam. The aroma is fresh, reminding one of the fruit of the woods, our blackberries and blueberries.
The light acid and the robust fruit remind me of this bottle as the after taste lingers.
I paired this wine with a grilled New York Strip, medium rare, and the two made magic happen on my palette.
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