Flechas De Los Andes - Gran Malbec | Monsieur Touton Selection

Flechas De Los Andes - Gran Malbec

2020

Producer

Flechas de los Andes

Blend

100% Malbec

Country

Argentina

Region

Mendoza

UPC

8 94597 00201 7

Verified Stock

12 /750mL

99030-20

Product Ratings

James Suckling 93pt

A very brooding and spicy malbec with plenty of dark spices, dried flowers, herbs and purple fruit. Full-bodied and juicy on the palate with caressing, silky tannins. Flavorful and fresh. Just slightly monolithic now.

by James Suckling, 2023

Vinous Media 92pt

The 2020 Gran Malbec hails from Campo Los Andes in the Uco Valley and was a third aged in new French foudres, a third in used French barrels and a third in tanks for 18 months. Dark garnet-red in hue. The balsamic nose features camphor, menthol, bay leaf and ripe red fruit against an oaky backdrop. Dry and velvety in the mouth, the reactive tannins and the medium body are enhanced by the measured acidity before the long, balsamic finish. The 2020 is a warm year red.

by Vinous Media, 2023

Description

Flechas de los Andes was born from the partnership between Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and Laurent Dassault, as the result of their research of a great terroir at the foot of the Andes in the Mendoza region. Each harvest is handpicked, hand selected, and then fermented with high quality requirements in the most modern equipment.

The name Flechas de los Andes or Andes arrows refers to the 5 arrows, symbol of the Rothschild family (symbolizing the five brothers at the origin of this dynasty of entrepreneurs). At the foot of the Andes, 120 km south of Mendoza, the Malbec variety rules as the king of this unique terroir. This wine Gran Malbec was created to achieve a Malbec of high range, faithful representative of the both families Rothschild and Dassault are aiming to produce a great Argentinian Malbec.

Tasting notes

This ripe and bold Malbec has some serious muscle to it, not to mention a good deal going on with the wine. Dark berries, some tar & a hint of the oak frame, this is a smooth and silky wine. Lovely floral lift with intense, smooth, chocolatey black fruit. Especially flavorful with rack of lamb or full-flavored chicken and veal.

Technical data

Location: Vista Flores, Valle de Uco, Mendoza
Soil type: Granite stones. sand and gravel from the Andes
Blend: 100% Malbec
Plantation density- Yield: 5 500 vines/ha
Vineyard: Sustainable precision viticulture. Vines are managed in Guyot with drip irrigation.
Harvest: Grapes are handpicking during April then in the cellar we realize a selection of berries before and after destemming. Winemaking Filling of the grapes into tanks by gravity. Traditional vinification with pumping over in stainless tanks.
Ageing: Spontaneous Malolactic fermentation into new French oak barrels and tanks. 1/3 in new French oak barrels. 113 in second fill barrels, 113 in tanks.

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