Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions Best from 2025 through 2045

Best from 2025 through 2045

especially when you add in the mature mouth feel and taste

In 2011 it seems to have more of the former and a bit less of the latter

Alessandro Mori has also expertly managed the tannins

The reduction aside this is really a lovely effort though note well that ample patience is requisite

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions Best from 2025 through 2045Like the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard River Stones was bottled a little earlier, and the time in oak was shortened. It was a most unusual year that was cold and rainy and allowed for no irrigation. This has good ripeness and sharp acidity, making it powerful but extremely fresh, with a backbone of acidity that lifts the wine up and makes it extremely long and persistent. In fact, the wine blows me away with an