This wine offers a great intense and complex nose of wild berries and red ripe fruit with subtle spicy notes. Superb fruit flavors combine perfectly with toasty notes providing great structure, character, and a long finish.
"Under the Tiza label, the 2014 Tiza Malbec is a smaller cuvée exhibiting a dense ruby/purple color, a lovely nose of spring flowers, white chocolate, blackcurrants and black fruits. It is delicious and meant for near-term consumption over the next 3-4 years."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (March 2016), 87 pts - Excellent Wine Values for Under $25
This large winery in Mendoza, Argentina makes numerous wines under the Maipe, Chakana and Cueva de las Manos labels. Almost all of them represent good values. The deep ruby/purple-tinged 2013 Tiza Malbec from Mendoza was aged in French oak for 12 months. A custom cuvée made specifically for importer Fran Kysela, it exhibits deep mulberry and blackberry fruit intermixed with notions of white chocolate, espresso and licorice. Medium-bodied and dense with loads of fruit and character, it can be enjoyed over the next several years. - Robert Parker"
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (November 2014), 88 pts
A 2,000-case custom cuvee made for Kysela Pere et Fils, this 100% Malbec was aged in new French oak for 12 months. It offers up notes of espresso roast, white chocolate, black currants and blackberries as well as hints of spring flowers and spicy oak. Enjoy this medium-bodied, luscious, fruity, seductive Malbec over the next several years.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #208, August 2013), 88 pts
Chakana is a family owned winery located 960 meters (3,149 feet) above sea level at the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Agrelo, Mendoza. It is one of the leading ...
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