Finca La Estacada Ocho y Medio Malbec 2023 (750ml) Cariñena

Finca La Estacada Ocho y Medio Malbec 2023 (750ml) CariñenaFinca La Estacada is a family owned winery in Castilla La Mancha, founded in 2001 on a large property about 40 minutes from Madrid by car. Todd serves as their winemaker and export manager. Several varieties of grapes are cultivated on 278 hectares of rolling hillside vineyards owned by the estate. The Ocho y Medio (8 1 2) wines are farmed at 850m elevation in clay soils with a lime substrate. Thanks to the high elevation and calcareous influence from

Drinking window: 2021 - 2024

serious and seductive

The 2017 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is gracious and nicely lifted right out of the gate

with a refined mousse and subtle flavors of persimmon

It should be served at room temperature

On the palate the wine is round and layered showing flavors of dark fruits

Finished everything by 22 September

with aromas of strawberry

Nice rose color with a persisitent mousse followed by numerous fine bubbles

It is only as wines are tasted and deemed appropriately aged that the wines are released to the market

These tricky conditions inevitably saw the

The wine's tannins are firm but the black fruit's weight is equal to the task