winemaker's notes:
Harvested from ancient
vines on the slopes of the Andes Mountains, comes Terra Rosa Malbec: a
glass-staining wine with a lovely and exotically perfumed nose. Patrick
Campbell, owner/winemaker, heads down to Argentina five times per year
to oversee vineyard management and to control harvest and fermentation
activities. After the fermentations are finished, the wine is brought up
to our California winery (Laurel Glen) by ship in
temperature-controlled 24,000 liter stainless steel containers to age in
French and European oak barrels for 15 months.
Terra Rosa Malbec is a BIG and juicy mouthful of wine, with a lashing of
very sexy oak. We didn't set out to make this vintage in such a
crowd-pleasing style: the vintage dictated the result, and it is really
delicious….at once rich and powerful and with the delicate, long finish
which the best malbecs display! The year was warm, and trouble-free. No
rot, no hail, just nice warm days with the typically quite cool
evenings. These conditions resulted in full ripening at higher than
normal sugars, while still maintaining balance and finesse.
"Good deep red. Redcurrant, plum, cherry, licorice, tobacco and smoke on
the nose, complicated by a hint of minerality. Suave and sweet, with a
chocolate truffle flavor lifted by spices and herbs. A fairly dense and
serious wine, especially for the price. Finishes with sweet tannins and
good length." 88 Points by International Wine Cellar |
