M Blend 2019

ALMA NEGRA (par/by Ernesto Catena)

M Blend
2019

Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Vino de mesa
Region
Mendoza
Varietal(s)
Malbec 85 %
Bonarda 15 %
Alcohol percentage
13.5%
Colour
Red
Sugar content
2,5 g/l
Producer's website

About this winery

Alma Negra was founded by Ernesto Catena, a 4th generation winemaker of Italian descent who, having spent a part of his life working as a designer and being a fervent student of Renaissance humanism, sees it as his mission to transform everything in his wine world into art, from growing the grapes to making wine to selling it. From the beginning, Ernesto searched for people with a strong creative drive to make sure that the right values stood at the core of the company. Teamwork is at the...

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Product notes

Production area: Tunuyan, Vistaflores, Finca Nakbe Vineyard, Rivadavia and La Vendimia Vineyard. Loamy-clay and loamy-sandy soils. Elevation: 2400 - 3600 feet.

Tasting notes

Dense, dark and rich with an intriguing untamed wildness, develops aromas of dark fruits, coffee, graphite and petrichor--that wonderful earthy smell that happens when the raindrops hit the ground. On the palate it flows smoothly with full round tannins and lingers for a long time with echoes of dark ripe fruit and warm espresso.