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Viña Cobos Malbec Mendoza Bramare(2003)
- Winery:
- Viña Cobos
- Varietal:
- Malbec
- Region:
- Argentina > Mendoza
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- color descriptors, (dried) fruit, fruit, fig, mediterranean fruits, lenoir grape, mineral, loam, dark chocolate, stone fruits
Winemaking:
Primary fermentation: fermented in 8-ton closed-top stainless steel fermentors
Maceration: 4 to 5-day cold soak, 25-day total maceration
Secondary fermentation: Native malolactic fermentation in barrel
Aging: 18 months in French and American oak barrels (70%French, 30%American); 50% new
Bottling: December 2004; unfined and unfiltered
VINTAGE
The growing season began with hot, dry "Zonda" (wind comming from the Andes, lowering the humidity to 0-5% in some cases, with warm temperatures) which read more...
Primary fermentation: fermented in 8-ton closed-top stainless steel fermentors
Maceration: 4 to 5-day cold soak, 25-day total maceration
Secondary fermentation: Native malolactic fermentation in barrel
Aging: 18 months in French and American oak barrels (70%French, 30%American); 50% new
Bottling: December 2004; unfined and unfiltered
VINTAGE
The growing season began with hot, dry "Zonda" (wind comming from the Andes, lowering the humidity to 0-5% in some cases, with warm temperatures) which read more...
- oenowoman66
- Calgary, CA
- October 2007
- drank October 2007 / one of Argentina's top 60 / small production, lucky to taste / shows what time can do for a malbec / beautiful layers of dark fig, coffee, chocolate and the list goes on / long wonderful finish
