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...
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 Gualta is the oldest of the four vintages in this report, and it's also a vintage that I've tasted once before. The same barrels were used for all four vintages, so the only change between 2013 and 2016 is that the impact of the oak in the wine is subtler each vintage. For the rest, it's only the differences brought by the climatic conditions of the year (and perhaps the harvest date): hand destemming, fermentation in rolling barrels with a six-month maceration and then a further 12 months in T5 Taransaud barrels. So, this 2013 might have had some more influence from the élevage, but it's getting better integrated with time in bottle; in fact, it's developing at a very slow speed and in a nice way. It's perhaps not as expressive as more recent vintages that felt a little more aromatic. 1,100 bottles produced.