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2005 Catena Zapata "Nicolás Catena Zapata" Bordeaux Blend Mendoza

2005 Catena Zapata "Nicolás Catena Zapata" Bordeaux Blend Mendoza

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Wine Advocate

Reviewed December 2008
The flagship wines begin with the purple/black-colored 2005 Nicolas Catena Zapata, a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Malbec. The fruit was sourced from four of the estate’s finest high-elevation vineyards, and aged for 24 months in 100% new French oak. The brooding bouquet delivers pain grille, mineral, violet, scorched earth, pepper, espresso, black cherry, and black raspberry aromas leading to a dense, opulent wine with gobs of savory fruit, ripe tannins, terrific concentration, and a 60-second finish. (JM)
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Decanter

Review Date: 02/2019
2005 was a cool vintage with generally low yields. This is made up of 78% Cabernet from Agrelo and Uco, and 22% Malbec from Gualtallary, aged for 24 months in French oak barriques. It has a deep, brooding, Cabernet-dominant nose with cassis, saddle leather, fig and cedar, and a very pretty, light floral touch. The palate has a dense, concentrated core with firm, rounded tannins. It's only just beginning to open up, revealing some leafy secondary characteristics. It will age majestically. (AC)

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Wine Enthusiast

Review Date: 08/2009
Catena’s signature wine is Cabernet Sauvignon-based, and it’s a purple haze of dense, exotic aromas that lean toward lavender, flower petals and black fruit. It’s saturated and fruity to the point of no return, with impeccable structure and mouthfeel. An avalanche of flavor and style. (MS)

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Wine Spectator

Review Date: 04/2010
Dark, but very alluring, with inviting incense, warm espresso and molten chocolate cake notes up front, followed by hoisin sauce, graphite, mulled black currant and blackberry fruit flavors. The long finish courses with fruit and loads of buried grip. (JM, Web Only-2010)

Notes

Catena Zapata was founded in 1902 by Italian immigrant Nicola Catena. The flagship bottling of the winery, Nicolás Catena Zapata, is named after Nicola’s grandson who modernized the winery and developed additional high-altitude vineyards in the 1980s and 1990s. The wine was frist produced in 1997 and is a blend of pre-phylloxera, ungrafted Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, generally with a smaller amount of Cabernet Franc. In the words of wine critic Jancis Robinson MW, “Nicolás Catena Zapata is justly credited with putting Argentinean wines on the world map—by the best expedient of focusing entirely on quality.”

Details

OriginArgentina
Type/VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU1117803