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Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
La Linda Malbec
Bodega Luigi Bosca
Unoaked Mendoza Malbec — bright cherry and plum, soft tannins.
$23.99$26.00
6 for $130
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About
A young Malbec from Luigi Bosca's own vineyards in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. It sees no oak — fermented in stainless steel, then rested in concrete and steel vats — which leaves the fruit unmasked: cherry, strawberry and plum with a light spiced edge. The palate is fluid and juicy with soft, incipient tannins and a clean finish. Serve it between 15 and 18°C; it will hold about three years.
Bodega Luigi Bosca was founded in 1901 by Leoncio Arizu, who had arrived in Mendoza from Spain's Basque Country eleven years earlier. He partnered with an Italian winemaking family, the Boscas, and named the winery after that friendship. It's one of Argentina's oldest family-run wineries, still owned by the Arizu family, now in its third and fourth generations.
La Linda is the everyday range built from that same estate, made to show off Luján de Cuyo fruit without oak getting in the way. Serve it with grilled steak, empanadas or roasted vegetables. A short fifteen-minute decant opens up the aromatics, but it drinks well straight from the bottle too.
Producer note
Belén Rodriguez is the winemaker. The fruit comes from estate vines averaging 30 years of age at 960 metres.
Structure
Grape
Picked on Stef's structure profile.
