13.5%, Herve Lhuillier, Gironde, imported by BBR Imports, Houston, TX.
Winemaking notes: 100% Malbec vinified whole cluster and on the skins for 25 days. The wine is aged in a combination of American and Drench Iman barrels for 5 months.
Tasting note: the Malbec is medium garnet in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas of fig, Turkish date, prune, violet potpourri, cedar, tar, cream, vanilla, toasted hazelnut, oregano and marjoram. On the palate this wine is dry with medium+ acid, medium+ tannin, medium alcohol, medium body, medium flavor intensity and a medium+ finish with flavors of violet, black plum, damson, blueberry, fig, date, cream, vanilla, cedar, graphite, sage and fennel. Drink now through 2026, this wine Malbec from Bordeaux is very good: 9.1/10.