Argentina Zorzal Gran Terroir

Malbec 2014 $750 Grape: 100% Malbec Region: Tupungato Valley, Mendoza, Argentina You’ll taste/smell: Here’s a super star malbec, this one is bold, complex, you immediately taste the velvety layers of a fine young red. Bring to a fancy dinner with your friends. Good to have it with: a BBQ, steak dinner. Best to have it: 60-65 ºF, 15-18ºC

Deep red with violet tones in color. Great aromatic intensity and complexity, with plenty of mineral quality, oregano, flowers and an excellently balanced contribution of lactic aromas provided by the wood. On the palate enters broadly but with good acidity that makes it very fresh and lively, with textured tannins. It is a wine with a lot of nerve and a long, sweet finish.

The vineyard where this variety is grown is situated 1300 meters above sea level. It is a young vineyard, planted on chalky soils, with a very pronounced slope. This helps to keep the ground healthy because there is no accumulation of water or frosts. The climate is mountainous, so we have a very wide temperature range, resulting in grapes with thicker skins. Founded in 2007, Zorzal is devoted to the production of luxury wines. In 2008, the winery completed production under contract, and in 2009, completed the first vintage on new state-of-the-art equipment.

The highest winery in Mendoza, Zorzal sits on a 70-hectare parcel (175 acres) of prime land in the heard of one of the finest wine growing regions in the world: the Uco Valley, 130 miles south of the city of Mendoza. Zorzal is a collaboration of Argentine owners and operators and Canadian investors.