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2015 Coates Malbec, McLaren Vale

A$28.35
Availability: Out of stock
SKU
COAMAL15
93
As a single variety, Malbec has been an underachiever in Australia. The firm, tannic styles made in France and the softer, easy drinking styles form Argentina have cemented a place in the wine world as great expressions of this variety. There is undoubted potential for Australian Malbec (Bleasdale and Wendouree spring to mind as very good wines) and with a soft spot for the variety the addition to the Coates range was first made with the 2009 vintage release.
Deep crimson in colour, the nose provides profound black cherry and blueberry fruits accompanied by savoury notes. The medium-bodied palate offers rich forest fruits intermingled with dried herb and mocha accents.
A bright vermilion, this juicy and full weighted malbec embraces the pulpy, bouncy, snap-crackle-pop nature of the variety, along with the violet florals, dark fruits and etched tannins of a sterner idiom, all snuggled into 18 months of French oak (approximately 30% new) and its echo of cedar and mace. As with the other wines in the stable, this was fermented under the aegis of ambient yeast, unfined and unfiltered.

93 points Ned Goodwin MW winecompanion.com.au

More Information
Product/Service Sold Out Yes
En Primeur No
New Arrivals No
Wine Type Red Wine
Wine Style Certified Organic
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Varietals Malbec
Vintage 2015
Bottle Size 750ml
Wine Points 93
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