On the nose, a bouquet of floral, marzipan and cherry character. Sweet red fruit on the palate with mineral notes, refreshing acidity and refined tannins.
Reviews:
- Wine Advocate: The wine is pretty impressive, elegant and subtle. It’s perfumed and expressive, with fully developed flavors.
- James Suckling: Super intensity of pure fruit here with blackberries, purple fruit and fresh flowers. Cassis, tile and tapenade undertones, as well as licorice. Full-bodied, dense and layered with refined, polished tannins that go on for minutes.
Producer Information
Bodega Noemia de Patagonia is an Argentine wine estate, located in the Rio Negro wine region of Patagonia. It is best known for red wines based on the Malbec grape variety. Rio Negro is a desert region, some 1000 kilometers south of Buenos Aires, 450km east of the Andes, and 500km west of the Atlantic Ocean. The valley’s macroclimate is moderated by the Neuquén and Limay Rivers. These flow from the Andes and join to form the Rio Negro. The valley itself is a glacial formation, 25km wide and 500km long. In the 1920s and 1930s, British settlers used the rivers to irrigate the area. Vineyards were first planted around this time.Estate vineyards are certified organic and farmed according to biodynamic principals. Fruit is handpicked at dawn and transported directly to the winery. Here selection takes place on a berry by berry basis.Ferments take place in conventional concrete fermentation tanks, plus Nomblot eggs. They begin spontaneously thanks to ambient yeasts. No sulphur or other additives are used. Juice and wines are usually moved by gravity, rather than pumps, to avoid micro oxygenation. Wines are matured in French oak barrels from the Surtep and Darnajou cooperages.
