Wine from Mendoza

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The captivating 2017 Malbec Appellation Altamira has been produced with grapes from the same vineyard since 2015, next to the neighboring vineyard where they have now planted their own grapes. It's tremendously expressive...

Tim Atkin MW, 94 points: If you can’t afford the two top Catena Chardonnays, this cheaper cuvée from Gualtallary and Villa Bastías isn’t far behind it in terms of quality. Subtle, elegant and showing a hint of tropical fruit from botrytis, it...

jamessuckling.com, 98 points: A tight and beautiful white with a dense palate of beautiful, ripe lemons and apples. Layered and refined with phenolic tension. Complex yeast and hints of oak and flor. Full body. Great length. 80 per cent flor-growth in...

Wine Enthusiast, 92 points: Tightly wound black fruit aromas come with tension as opposed to being overripe and overoaked. This Cab Franc is lively and powerful, with tolerable tartaric scratchiness. Ripe berry, cassis and dark plum flavors are...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: I also had the chance to taste the 2016 Catena Alta Malbec, when they used a higher percentage of grapes from Nicasia. In this vintage, it's truly 100% Malbec that fermented in tank with full clusters and finished...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2013 Nicolás Catena Zapata is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Malbec from the La Pirámide, Adrianna and Nicasia vineyards. It is perfectly clean and focused, a noticeable improvement over the 2012 vintage...

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: This is the first vintage of this chardonnay and semillon blend. Very dense and agile with a solid core of fruit. It is pushing the limit for Argentine whites. No malo. Totally cool. Full and foursquare. A new dimension...

jamessuckling.com, 93 points: I like the berry and licorice character with walnut and stone undertones. Medium to full body and firm and silky, chewy tannins. Polished finish. A blend of malbec, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot. Drink now or hold.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The nose of the 2017 La Cautiva, a pure Gualtallary, has violets, flowers, herbs and spices and opens up as the wine sits in the glass, quite complex and layered. There are some more tannins than in 2016, possibly...

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: Blackberry and blueberry aromas with hints of spice and bark. Perfumed. Full body, layered, chewy and polished. Deep and beautiful with so much dark fruit and intensity. Stone and chalk at the finish. Powerful. Drink in...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: I love the elegance of the 2017 La Savante Pinot Noir, a pure Pinot Noir from Gualtallary, from the vineyard informally called El Mirador, in the monastery part of the appellation. I love the flinty reduction and the...

jamessuckling.com, 99 points: Super refined and beautiful with flowers, spices, dried fruit and hints of stones. Medium to full body with very fine tannins and a gorgeous finish. Shows great finesse and depth. Savory character, as always, but in...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: I tasted four different vintages of the Superuco Gualta bottling, which is a blend of 60% Malbec and 40% Cabernet Franc from a specific plot of ten-year-old vines in Tupungato Winelands in Gualtallary. The 2013 Superuco...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: Very complex aromas of blueberries and blackberries with hints of cheese and wet earth. Hot stones, too. Full-bodied, dense and layered with lots of firm yet polished tannins and a gorgeous finish. Succulent. So...

jebdunnuck.com, 96 points: A vineyard selection from old vines, the 2015 Malbec Argentino is all Malbec sourced from the Angelica Vineyard (Lunlunta District) and Nicasia Vineyard (Altamira District) and aged two years in new French oak barrels...