MENDEL WINES Unus (Malbec Blend) - Mendoza 2020 Bottle

Description

Dark intense red, purple at the rim. Complex and multi-layered. Before being swirled, the wine exhibits fresh fruit aromas like black cherries, plums, blackberries and cassis. Once swirled, it displays spices such as pink peppercorn, cedarwood, chocolate scents, vanilla and blond tobacco. Palate: It is a harmonious and mouth-filling wine which feels meaty and unctuous, with rerined and round tannins. The Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend contributes tannic structure and a spicy core while the Malbec offers unctuousness, roundness and fruit and the Petit Verdot, body and licorice. The aromatic complexity on the nose echoes on the palate and makes it incredibly long. The acidity in this elegant wine ensures freshness and great cellaring capacity.

Blend: 65% Malbec, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot.

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The red blend 2020 Unus was produced with 65% Malbec, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot from different locations in Mendoza, fermented in small stainless steel tanks followed by malolactic in barrel and 16 months in French barrique. This has the tannic structure from the Cabernet with the meat from the Malbec and the Petit Verdot giving volume and oomph on the palate. They have fine-tuned the picking date to keep the freshness and the floral note from the Malbec, working with precision to avoid over-ripeness, a rink in that climate. All of these wines are very classical, and they are just making small adjustments, like going for slightly larger barrels—300- and even 500-liter ones—that have less impact and respect the fruit. Best After 2022." Rating: 93+.