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Bramare by Vina Cobos Malbec 2013, Valle de Uco, Tunuyán, Central Region, Mendoza, Argentina

$39.99 | 90/100

UPC: 812884010118 All Malbec, grown at 3,330 to 3,845 feet above sea level on sandy rocky soils. The fruit is all hand-harvested from sites in San Carlos and Tupungato, in Valle de Uco. Yields are low two to 3.79 tons per acre. It spends 17 months in five per cent new French oak and 26 per cent new American oak barrels. The other 69 per cent goes into second-year wood. The colour is opaque, the aromas intense with big stony, mineral red fruits with floral violet undertones. Rich ripe and powerful style with plenty of licorice, vanilla, coffee, cola notes that definitely warms the palate from front to back. Grilled steak is the ticket here.