Familia Belasco's 2008 Swinto Malbec was sourced from a 100-year-old vineyard planted exclusively to Malbec with yields of a meager 1.5 tons per acre. It was aged for 18 months in new French oak and bottled without filtration. A glass-coating opaque purple color it sports an inviting nose of pain grille mineral licorice espresso violets black cherry and black raspberry. Dense and layered on the palate this loaded already complex effort will profit from 4-5 years of cellaring and should see its 20th birthday in full form.