2014 Cobos Bramare VD Malbec Zingaretti Vineyard Mendoza

Lovely balance and complexity to this wine with a light chocolate, fruit, cedar and hints of spice. Full to medium body, fine tannins and a fresh finish. Drink now.

The 2014 Bramare Malbec Zingaretti Vineyard is the third bottling of this old vineyard that is located in Villa Bastías in Tupungato in the Valle de Uco. It fermented in stainless steel tanks and matured in oak barrels until it was bottled unfined and unfiltered 19 months after the harvest. Sixty- five percent of the barrels were new, the majority of them French, with some 5% American. I noticed a slight blurriness in the nose, slightly phenolic, not as focused as others, with some hints of leather and licorice. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a faint dryness. I had the unbottled 2015 next to it, and it was much better, very perfumed and clean, and I'm looking forward to it next time. 5,880 bottles were filled in November 2015.

This is the third release of the Zingaretti single vineyard bottling, sourced from a vineyard planted on alluvial soils in the 1920s. It's a bolder, richer wine than the 2013, with ripe fig and prune flavours, lashings of oak and a chalky undertone. 2018-25

Blackberry aromas are ripe to the point that this wine is showing mildly desiccated scents of prune and raisin. A sense of full ripeness is reaffirmed on a saturated, jammy palate. Roasted flavors of blackberry and cassis finish with spice, tea and chocolate notes. Drink through 2027.

Offers mouthfilling fruitiness backed by fresh acidity, with flavors of red plum, hot stone and huckleberry that are taut and well-framed. Chocolate and cardamom accents show on the finish. Drink now through 2022. 490 cases made.