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2005 Altos Las Hormigas Malbec Reserva 

2005 Altos Las Hormigas Malbec Reserva

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THE ESTATE
Founded in 1995, owned by eclectical group of Italian wine professionals. Focused on production of Malbec and Bonarda.

VINEYARDS
Grapes are picked from nearly 100 years old vineyards, located in La Consulta - Vista Flores (Uco Valley), and Vistalba – Perdriel – Las Compuertas ( Luján de Cuyo).

VINTAGE
Harvest 2005 has provided great Malbec. A long, stable ripening season, with cool nights and perfect sanity at harvesting have created an enchanting balance of freshness and ripeness.

PRODUCTION
Grapes are selected along a conveyor belt. After that, they are ground in a gentle, delicate roller, and are fermented in small stainless steel tanks with native yeasts for about 30 days at 32 Celsius degree. Maceration is soft and long to favor extraction. Two dellestages are made at the onset and rate to fermentation and three pumping over are carried out every day to achieve concentration and color. When the fermentation is over, the cap is separated from juice. The new wine is put in one and two year old oak French barrels for 12 months. Malolactic fermentation takes place there.

TASTING NOTES
Smell intense reminds of mature impenetrable red fruits. Dark red color. High structure and body. Plum jam and blackcurrant notes. Nostalgia of tobacco, chocolate and coffee. Mineral feeling. Well balanced and harmonic wine. It has sweet, mature and refined tannins. Long and vibrant.

PRESS OR AWARDS
Wine Spectator Advance – Smart Buy – 92 points.
Very ripe, but also racy, with an exotic array of graphite, tar, sweet dark chocolate, plum, fig and violet. Has great structure and drive through the grip-filled finish. Drink now through 2009. 3,000 cases made. –JM

VINTAGE INFORMATION
Vintage
2005
Grapes
100 % Malbec
Region
Mendoza - Argentina
Winemakers
Alberto Antonini – Attilio Pagli
Closure
Natural cork
Bottle Capacity
750 ML
Alcohol
14.30 %
Total Acidity
5.25 g/L
pH
3.6
Residual sugar
2.13 g/L






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