El Esteco Don David Reserve Malbec 2023
El Esteco Don David Reserve Malbec 2023
Price: 17,50€
DESCRIPTION
El Esteco Don David Reserve Malbec 2023 pays tribute to the estate's founder, a pioneer of quality viticulture in the high-altitude vineyards of the Calchaquí Valleys. Sourced from Malbec cultivated at over 1,800 meters, this wine expresses the sunny yet fresh character of this extreme terroir. The grapes are hand-harvested and then vinified with a cold pre-fermentation maceration, using indigenous and selected yeasts, with a total maceration of about 30 days. The 12-month aging process combines 70% in used French oak barrels and 30% in stainless steel tanks.
The nose is intense, featuring notes of plum jam, raisin, tobacco, chocolate, and well-integrated oak. The palate is ample, supple, and elegant, carried by soft tannins, with a long and harmonious finish. Superb with a duck breast with plums or an Argentine barbecue. Aging potential of 5 years and more.
REGION
Salta
Argentina
Located in northwest Argentina, at the foot of the Andes, the Salta wine region is one of the most spectacular in the country. Its vineyards, perched between 1,600 and over 3,000 metres above sea level, are among the highest in the world. This extreme altitude climate, sunny by day and cool at night, combined with arid, mineral soils, favours wines of great aromatic intensity and remarkable freshness.
While Torrontés remains the signature white grape of Salta, the reds are just as remarkable. Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat find an intense expression here, marked by concentrated fruit, lovely natural tension and typical aromas of flowers, spice and warm stone. Old grapes are also being rediscovered, such as Criolla Chica, brought by Spanish settlers in the 16th century. Hardy and well suited to altitude, it gives light, fruity wines with floral notes and lovely natural freshness.
At the heart of these valleys, the small town of Cafayate is seen as the wine centre of the region. Its wines, recognised internationally, combine power, freshness and minerality in a style unique to this part of the world.
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This fruity and generous Malbec has great substance—Argentina in all its glory.