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92 WA.
"The 2006 Clos des Andes is 100% Malbec sourced from an 80-year-old vineyard in Lujan de Cuyo and aged for 12 months in 50% new French oak. Dark ruby/purple in color, it offers up an alluring bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, spice box, and black cherry. This leads to a wine with excellent density, layered fruit, and spicy black fruit flavors nicely concealing enough structure for 2-3 years of further development. This rich, well-balanced effort . . . . Bodega Poesia is owned by Bordeaux proprietors Hélène Garcin and Patrice Lévêque [of Châteaux Barde-Haut, Clos L'Église, and Poesia], with Lévêque doubling as winemaker with consultation from Dr. Alain Raynaud." Wine Advocate #180, Dec 2008 |