From the fantastic Argentine producer Catena comes this Alamos label. The wine is indigo in colour with juicy purple berries, cocoa and smoky sweet spices, cedar chips and crushed dark floral notes. The palate is bold, plush and big-boned with supple fruit, plenty of peppery spice, espresso, dark chocolate and cedary flavours. Fine, slightly bitter tannins llinger.
Very good.
©copyright 2009 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Diva reviewed - August 29th, 2009

Smoky dark fruits - black current and blueberry hints with cherry. Meaty/savoury undertones with chocolate, earth and herbal notes. Medium to full-bodied on the palate showing good depth, a smooth texture and great, ripe berry fruit flavours spiked with warm spices that linger with surprising intensity.
©copyright 2007 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Diva reviewed - May 31st, 2008

Rich aromas--intense liqueur-like blackcurrant, smoke, minerals and dark earth. Smooth, supple and spiced on the palate with juicy berry fruit flavours, coffee and oak with a luscious finish.
It's liquid velvet, surpassed only by the unctuous Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino 2004 that will arrive in BC in March 2008. Its dense blackberry fruit, sweet spice, violets, vanilla, cassis and fleur de sel is velvet supreme.
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Wine Diva reviewed - October 18th, 2007

Toasty, buttery aromas of smoke, roasted pears, minerals and tropical fruit. Creamy on the palate, herbs, sweet spices and a long vanilla oak finish.
©copyright 2006 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Diva reviewed - September 1st, 2006

You can't think of wine from Argentina without thinking of Bodegas Catena Zapata and the ground-breaking viticultural research and international acclaim this winery has achieved.
The Chardonnay is wonderfully juicy and fresh, the fruit literally jumps out of the glass!
Ripe pear, pineapple and minerals with rounded layers of butterscotch, warm spices and nutty-praline. The tropical flavours explode on your palate dragging you back to the glass again and again...
©copyright 2007 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Diva reviewed - October 18th, 2007

A striking bottle from a quality producer. The La Posta has ripe berry aromas, smoked meaty notes and warm spices with toasted oak. Creamy-smooth and full-bodied on the palate with fresh berry flavours, a rich earthiness and youthful tannins.
Watch for the focus on Argentina, June 2008 in BC Liquor Stores.
©copyright 2008 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Diva reviewed - March 3rd, 2008