Country: Argentina / Mendoza Province
Variety: Malbec
Winery: Melipal / Reserve
Rubbery and smoky at first, with leather and berry fruit running secondary to the wine’s more reduced qualities. But if given ten minutes to unwind, it shows wide black-fruit flavors, creaminess and finally some barrel-based resin. Gets better the more you work with it, but will always register as “oaky.”