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Brand: Tikal
Style: Red Wine
Varietal: Malbec
Region: Mendoza
Category: Argentina
Size: 750 ml
Price: $32.99
Reg:
2010 January Wine Club Cellar Selection
Tikal is owned by Ernesto Catena, a member of the most well-known winemaking family in Argentina. But the credit for crafting this serious Malbec goes to young winemaker Luis Reginato, who has also been trusted to create wines for the Luca and La Posta labels. Malbec is really his specialty, and for Tikal’s Amorio bottling, he sources high-altitude fruit from Mendoza vines, many of which are 40 years old or older, and rests the wine in 60% new oak for 12 months, followed by no fining or filtration.
The resulting Malbec is pretty intense stuff: full of grilled toast, blueberry, tobacco and black cherry. Few people have been able to describe this wine without using the word “sexy,” perhaps because the name “Amorio” means “love affair.” Ernesto Catena chose that name to allude to the undying passion he and the Argentine people have for the Malbec grape.
The original artwork of this passionate dancing couple was created by Ernesto’s close friend and artist, Ariel Mlynarzewicz. And no, we can’t pronounce Ariel’s last name either.
Reviews
Jay Miller Wine Advocate 92 Points
The 2007 Amorio is 100% Malbec sourced from vines with an average age of 41 years. It was aged for 12 months in 60% new French oak and bottled without fining or filtration. Purple-colored, it reveals an attractive perfume of pain grille, mineral, black cherry, and violets. Medium to full-bodied, it is silky-textured with a surprisingly elegant personality for its size. Layered, sweetly-fruited, and intense, the wine has solid aging potential and should provide prime drinking from 2010 to 2018.
International Wine Cellar 90 Points
Saturated ruby. Brooding, pure aromas of blackberry, cassis and bitter chocolate. Lush and creamy-sweet, but a bit inexpressive and in need of patience today. In a slightly sullen stage, with substantial ripe tannins currently enjoying the upper hand over the wine's dark berry fruit flavors. But this boasts excellent intensity and gained in complexity with air.
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