Mendel Finca Remota 2018

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WINE OVERVIEW

From 70+ year-old vineyards at the ‘Faraway Ranch’ in Altamira (Uco Valley), this dense Malbec is full-bodied with thick tannins.

Tasting Notes

Dark as night, a basket of enticing floral aromas (especially violets), Malbec’s intense red and black fruit flavors underlined with superbly integrated French oak notes giving way to a long, spicy finish.

Food Pairing

Firm but supple tannins make this wine worthy of rich foods like steak with a port reduction, duck with an intense cherry sauce, or a slowly-braised veal shank.

Always among the best Malbecs from Paraje Altamira, this is a wine that tastes of its terroir. Made from ungrafted, flood-irrigated vines planted in 1957, it combines fruit weight and intensity with chalky freshness and precision and skilfully integrated 100% new wood. Long, scented and beautifully balanced. 2023-35 Tim Atkin 2021

The flinty and mineral 2018 Finca Remota is finely textured with chalky minerality and a long and fresh finish despite the warmish year. It's a very classical Malbec produced in the elegant and harmonious Mendel style, not explosive, subtler than in your face, combining clout and poise. It has the smoky note of other 2018s and the varietal and place signature, what a quality wine should be. Wine Advocate March 2021