Region: Mendoza, Argentina
Appellation: Mendoza
Color/Style: Red Wine
Grapes: Malbec

A new take on the classic Chateau Vieux brand, this shows the fruitier side of López’s malbecs with minimal aging in casks—just six months in this case and another six in the bottle—which is very short for the standards of this house. The result is that the fruit from Cruz de Piedra comes through clearly with herbal notes and black fruits. The texture is tense, but not aggressive, and the acidity moves subtly across the palate. A classic. - Descorchados