Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions dried pear

dried pear

A ripe and wonderfully fresh nose also flashes plenty of classic Chablis character on the white-fleshed fruit and floral nose where background notes of iodine and oyster shell are present

The reduction aside this is really a lovely effort though note well that ample patience is requisite

In 2011 it seems to have more of the former and a bit less of the latter

(from a superbly situated 1 ha parcel high on the hill)

Catena Zapata, Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec other_regions dried pearLike the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard River Stones was bottled a little earlier, and the time in oak was shortened. It was a most unusual year that was cold and rainy and allowed for no irrigation. This has good ripeness and sharp acidity, making it powerful but extremely fresh, with a backbone of acidity that lifts the wine up and makes it extremely long and persistent. In fact, the wine blows me away with an