D.V. Catena Tinto Historico Red Blend 2021 (Argentina) Rated 92VM

VinoUS Media Review
Rated 92
The 2021 Tinto Historico DV Catena is a blend of 75% Malbec, 18% Bonarda and 7% Petit Verdot from Lujan de Cuyo and the Uco Valley and was aged for eight months in new and used barrels. It's garnet red in the glass. The ripe, liqueur-like nose offers sour cherry and plum notes leavened by fresh herbal notes over a pleasant secondary layer from the aging process. Quite smooth with good volume, the flow is juicy yet a little compressed in the mouth. Drinking Window 2022-2033.

Don Domingo Vicente Catena, Nicolas Catena Zapata's father, was famous in the 1930's for his deep dark red wine blend. This blend was sold in the French-styled bistros of Buenos Aires - the Paris of South America - as the finest wine from the Mendoza region. This wine, DV Catena Tinto Historico Red Blend, is made in honor of Don Domingo Catena and his legendary abilities as a Master of the Assemblage. The Catena wines are a special assemblage of High Mountain Estate Vineyards made by fourth generation vintner, Laura Catena and chief winemaker, Alejandro Vigil. Although we have found that most of the Catena wines are consumed shortly after release, we are pleased to see that they age beautifully for ten to twenty years.

Wine Tasting Notes
Black fruit and flowers from Uco Valley Malbec laced with spicy Petit Verdot. Malbec lends freshness and smoothness, while Petit Verdot grants volume and persistence, conferring a lush, rich attack and wonderful length to the blend.

75% Malbec, 18% Bonarda, 7% Petit Verdot

Alcohol 13.5%