Winery - Sur de los Andes
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavily coated with coconut and oiled leather aromas, however, the palate recedes to Bonarda’s typical angularity. The flavors of blackberry and cherry are solid, but the mouthfeel runs rough and sheer. And it finishes with some saltiness and leather. A good wine, not without its fault.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rowdy and aggressive stuff; where’s the charm and poise, even in a value-priced wine? The nose is rambling and penetrating, while the palate is tart like sucking candy. A raw wine that should be better.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Stick with Sur’s basic 2005 Malbec because it’s fresher and cleaner than this raisiny, tannic brooder that tastes a little too much of stewy fruit and liqueur.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Something seems afoot with Sur de los Andes’ so-called Gran Reserva Malbecs. Both the 2004 and epecially this ’05 are wines that don’t handle their oak well. This wine has an aromatic package of green tobacco and ash, while the wood burns its way through the palate. A rough ride that gets marginally better with a lot of swirling and patience.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cola, black cherry and lemony grit mark the bouquet, which is backed by acid-driven, lightly lemony flavors of cherry and raspberry. There’s isn’t a ton of volume, depth or follow-through to this wine; it is what it is: fresh, tangy and straightforward.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rough, harsh nose of mustard and burnt stems does almost nothing to draw you in, while the palate is heavy and sweet, with cloying fruit flavors and weak structure. Not up to par on the global level.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Black cherry and cassis aromas are dark and a little sharp, while the palate smacks down hard with rubbery tannins and forward, sappy cherry and black plum fruit. Dark, tannic, tough and flavorful. As Bonarda goes, this is right in the middle of the field.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Almost sugar-beet sweet on the nose, with a good dose of oak and size. The palate is expectedly big, but with fairly hard tannins and limited depth of fruit. Ultimately there’s not much cushion, so it seems hard.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dense, rich and encouraging on the nose, with full blackberry flavors and a flush mouthfeel. For Argentine Cab this gets it right much more than wrong. The flavors are fairly well developed and the finish has length.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One whiff of this wine tells you why we say Torrontes is aromatic. The bouquet is generous as it delivers butter cup, acacia and mango aromas. The palate, meanwhile, is ripe and hefty. Maybe it’s a touch creamy and soft, but overall the wine is flavorful, pleasant and offers more than enough size.
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