Tim Atkins 93 Points
Descorchados 94 Points
A blend from one of Argentina’s best producers, this Malbec/Cabernet Suavignon is round, lush and velvety with textured tannins that carry layers of plum sauce, crushed currants, figs and dark liquorice notes. There’s a hefty finish that shows its real prowess. After being harvested by hand, the grapes are cooled and then placed in concrete fermenters where, after about three days of maceration, fermentation begins. It is then aged for twelve months in French, medium-toasted oak barrels. A truly great expression of the best Argentinian Malbec.
Pulenta Estate is the winery started by brothers Hugo and Eduardo Pulenta after the sale of their stake in the Peñaflor group, the family's historic winery. They settled in the Alto Agrelo area, where a large part of their wines come from, from the La Zulema vineyard.
From its 30-year-old vineyards in Agrelo, fermented in steel, concrete and wood with selected yeasts, and aged in new barrels, an elegant and imposing Cabernet, of great power and complexity, with notes of spices and herbs.
