"The 2005 Clos des Andes is 100% Malbec sourced from an 80 year old vineyard in the Lujan de Cuyo region of Mendoza. The wine was 50% barrel fermented and was aged for 12 months in 50% new and 50% 1 year French oak. Inky purple in color, the wine has a lovely bouquet of wood smoke, cedar, violets, blueberry, and black cherry. Firm and well-balanced, it has superb depth, sweet, fruit, and a lengthy finish. Give it 3-4 years to evolve and drink it through 2025. A barrel sample of the 2006 (both 200...

Rating for Argentina: 93 (average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>

Nose: pronounced blueberry, blackberry, floral Taste: slick texture, medium to full bodied, good acidity, smooth tannins, concentrated core of juicy black fruit - Tony Aspler