Cordero Con Piel De Lobo Malbec 2023 - Mendoza
VINTAGE: 2023
PRODUCER: Mosquita Muerta WinesLOCATION: Mendoza, Argentina
VARIETALS: 100% Malbec from Mosquita Muerta’s vineyards in Perdriel, Agrelo and Barrancas.
AGEING: 6-8 months in French oak
ALCOHOL: 13%ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 20,000 cases
RATING: 92 Pts. JS, 90 Pts Parker
Fermented in concrete tanks before the oak-ageing process, this Malbec is clean, rich and fruit driven. The nose offers spice and purple flowers, as well as cassis. The palate is fresh and supple, juicy blueberry flesh abounds with a nicely resolved finish.
José Millán’s “Mosquita Muerta Wines” project starts in 2010 at the family's Los Toneles winery in Mendoza city with the goal of producing the very best blends Argentina can yield from the family’s 250 Has of high-elevation vineyards in Mendoza. Winemaker Bernardo Bossi (formerly with Catena Zapata) uses multiples fermentation and aging techniques to deliver stunning hand-crafted wines. Mosquita Muerta is an expression in Spanish used to describe a person with little potential for success who ends up accomplishing a remarkable feat. Jose Millán chose this name for his project to mock those in the region who doubted of his potential as a wine industry entrepreneur.