Argentine winemaker Susana Balbo has named this wine after her two crios, or children, represented by the handprints on the label. It's an expression that the wine isn't as grown up as her Signature label.
But there's nothing immature about this wine, an unfiltered cabernet blended with a 5 percent splash of malbec, grown in high-altitude vineyards in the Mendoza region. The wine spends five months in a combination of American and French oak barrels before bottling.
Whiffs of leather and tobacco give way to plum and fruit flavors with very smooth tannins. We look forward to tasting this wine when it grows up.
Sherry: "Medium dry with black cherry and leather." 3-1/2 stars
Chris: "Flavors of raspberry, plum and a hint of chocolate on the back end." 3-1/2 stars
Available locally for about $12.
Coming next week: Elmaro West Prairie White
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