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2008 Catena Zapata, Bodegas Nicolas Catena Zapata

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$89.99

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points awarded:
ST 92 WA 98

98 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2011

The 2008 Nicolas Catena Zapata is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc that spent 24 months in 100% new French oak followed by 24 months in bottle prior to release. It delivers an inviting bouquet of wood smoke, pencil lead, espresso, incense, lavender, black currant, and black cherry. This sets the stage for a full-bodied, powerful yet elegant, beautifully proportioned effort with great depth and volume. It conceals plenty of structure and will effortlessly evolve for 6-8 years, drinking well through 2028, if not longer.


92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, April 2012

Bright full ruby-red. Black fruits, violet, minerals and exotic oak on the nose. Painfully clenched and imploded today, with precise black fruit and violet flavors complicated by saline, mineral and oak notes. Dominated by its serious tannic structure. Finishes with a coconutty oak character. With several top vineyards, dates of harvest and different varieties vinified separately, winemaker Vigil estimates that this blend was made from 500 lots of wine! Should make a great bottle but I wouldn't go near this for at least five more years.


98 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2011

The 2008 Nicolas Catena Zapata is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc that spent 24 months in 100% new French oak followed by 24 months in bottle prior to release. It delivers an inviting bouquet of wood smoke, pencil lead, espresso, incense, lavender, black currant, and black cherry. This sets the stage for a full-bodied, powerful yet elegant, beautifully proportioned effort with great depth and volume. It conceals plenty of structure and will effortlessly evolve for 6-8 years, drinking well through 2028, if not longer.


92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, April 2012

Bright full ruby-red. Black fruits, violet, minerals and exotic oak on the nose. Painfully clenched and imploded today, with precise black fruit and violet flavors complicated by saline, mineral and oak notes. Dominated by its serious tannic structure. Finishes with a coconutty oak character. With several top vineyards, dates of harvest and different varieties vinified separately, winemaker Vigil estimates that this blend was made from 500 lots of wine! Should make a great bottle but I wouldn't go near this for at least five more years.


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