2017 Cobos Bramare Malbec Lujan de Cuyo Mendoza

Very aromatic, showing so much blue fruit, violets and sandalwood. Lavender, too. Full body. Chewy tannins that are polished and pretty. Needs two or three years to soften and come together. Drink after 2022.

Including fruit from Paraje Altamira for the first time in 2017, this superb Uco Valley Malbec is completed by grapes from Los Árboles, La Consulta, Villa Bastías and Gualtallary. Headturningly aromatic, it's a lovely violet and vanilla-scented number with impressive focus, depth and acidity and layers of bramble and blackberry fruit. 2021-27.

Made with grapes from vineyards in Perdriel, Las Compuertas (replacing Lunlunta) and Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, this Malbec spent 18 months in mostly French oak, 24% of it new. Intense reddish-violet in hue. The nose offers ripe fruit with plum jam and hints of camphor, cigar box, black tea and pepper plus a delicate kirsch perfume. The tannins are dusty but gentle, while the wood lends a delicate touch. Voluminous with a terse texture, medium body and a long, pleasant finish.