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Rubus Wine Selections "Icono" Malbec 2015
(Mendoza, Argentina) - [RP 90]
Regular price $30.00 Sale price $23.97 Save $6.03
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Notes from the Winemaker:
This Icon Malbec is suave and rich, offering loads of dark plum, currant and dried blackberry flavors supported by notes of soft spices. Molten chocolate notes emerge on the mid-palate, with Asian spice accents. The finish is long and ripe with a loamy character.
Wine Making:
Coming from 10 year old vines in Paraje Altamira within the Mendoza region.
Hand picked, gentle winemaking, natural yeast and long maceration at controlled temperature allow this wine to show purity and richness at the same time.
Wine was slightly filtered before bottling.
100% Malbec
Ratings & Reviews
90 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"The 2015 Rubus Icono Malbec is one of the varietal brands selected from various countries by US importer Kysela. This is a Malbec from ten-year-old vines in Altamira in the Valle de Uco that matured in 225-liter French barriques for one year. It has notes of dark fruit, good ripeness and generous spices from the oak. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with some grainy tannins, powerful but without excess. 12,000 bottles produced. - Luis Gutiérrez" - (Issue #237, June 2018)
89 Points - Jeb Dunnuck:
"The 2015 Malbec Icono (100% Malbec aged 12 months in French oak) is another terrific value from this label, offering classic Malbec blue fruits, notes of leafy herbs and earth, medium body, and a rounded, textured style on the palate that keeps you coming back to the glass. As with all the wines from this label, it’s well-made." - Jeb Dunnuck (March 27th 2019)
Wine Enthusiast:
"Blueberry, plum and cardamom aromas include a whiff of wood smoke. A balanced palate has energy along with brambly berry and chocolate flavors. A chewy, solid finish is good but less lively than the palate." - (October 2017)