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Vina Cobos Bramare Malbec Chanares Vineyard 2015 750ml

size
750ml
country
Argentina
region
Cuyo
appellation
Mendoza
JS
96
WE
94
WA
93
VM
93
WS
92
Additional vintages
JS
96
Rated 96 by James Suckling
A focused and bright malbec with a toned and linear nature. Full to medium body, dark fruit and walnut and hazelnut character. Hot stones and juicy aftertaste. Needs two or three years to come together. Drink in 2021. ... More details
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Vina Cobos Bramare Malbec Chanares Vineyard 2015 750ml

SKU 884125
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Professional Ratings
JS
96
WE
94
WA
93
VM
93
WS
92
JS
96
Rated 96 by James Suckling
A focused and bright malbec with a toned and linear nature. Full to medium body, dark fruit and walnut and hazelnut character. Hot stones and juicy aftertaste. Needs two or three years to come together. Drink in 2021.
WE
94
Rated 94 by Wine Enthusiast
Even in the most challenging vintages (2015), Cobos always produces at least one stellar wine, and this is it. A pitch-black color and ripe extracted aromas of dried cheese, prune, blackberry and char lead to a huge palate with soft tannins and bold acidity. Charred blackberry, coffee and grilled steak flavors end in darkness on the finish. Drink through 2028.
WA
93
Rated 93 by Wine Advocate
The 2015 Bramare Malbec Chañares Estate is from their new flagship vineyard in Los Árboles in the Tunuyán department of the Valle de Uco. This is a new bottling from two specific blocks within this estate vineyard. The blocks are planted with a clonal selection from Luján de Cuyo, and they have also planted some plots with material from their other older vines. The wine has some notes of aromatic plants and flowers, nice Malbec typicity and moderate ripeness. Considering they still used 65% new French barriques in 2015 and the wine matured in barrel for 18 months, the oak is integrated and provides spicy, smoky and balsamic aromas with hints of incense and cigar ash that tend to standardize aromas and flavors. It's still energetic and young. 9,960 bottles produced.
VM
93
Rated 93 by Vinous Media
Saturated ruby. Very primary nose dominated by a stony quality. Highly concentrated and extremely primary, offering flavors of blackberry, blueberry, violet, licorice, wild herbs and lightly fusel crushed rock (Vignoni described this note as "water on hot rocks"). Finishes with an impression of medicinal reserve and slowly building length. This juicy but youthfully imploded wine, which carries a relatively low pH of 3.4, finishes firmly tannic and needs time to expand in the bottle. There's no easy sweetness here.
WS
92
Rated 92 by Wine Spectator
Concentrated red fruit and dried herb flavors are vibrant and focused in this lip-smacking red. Red licorice and hot spice notes fill the crisp, focused finish. Drink now through 2022. 830 cases made.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
Argentina
region
Cuyo
appellation
Mendoza
Additional vintages
Overview
A focused and bright malbec with a toned and linear nature. Full to medium body, dark fruit and walnut and hazelnut character. Hot stones and juicy aftertaste. Needs two or three years to come together. Drink in 2021.
green grapes

Varietal: Malbec

Malbec grapes have been grown for centuries in the Old World, and whilst many wineries had and continue to have great success with these dark and rather demanding grapes, they are famously susceptible to rot and quickly lose their best features should the weather not be as good as they need it to be. As such, it is the New World Malbec wines which have really made this old and respected varietal a household name, and the many single variety bottles we see in our supermarkets and wine stores bearing this grape have been some of the biggest and most pleasing success stories of recent years. However, Malbec is often and was traditionally used as a blending grape, offering its strong tannins and heavy, plummy fruit flavors to milder, mellower wines to boost their character, and many of these blended wines rank amongst the finest in the world. As such, Malbec is a highly versatile grape which has spread across the globe to produce some very different results, each one pleasing, and each one packed with flavor and character.
barrel

Region: Cuyo

The historic mountainous region of Cuyo in central-west Argentina, remains the nation's key wine producing area to this day, producing over eighty percent of the country's wines. Argentinian wines have gone from strength to strength over the past few decades, and it is undoubtedly the region of Cuyo which produces Argentina's most characterful and representative wines. Cuyo's dry and arid soil, rich in iron and other minerals has proven to be an ideal environment for the cultivation of Malbec grapes, alongside several other varietals which thrive in the hot climate and reach full ripeness each autumn, expressing their fruit-forward character. The vineyards of Cuyo are fed by the great Desaguadero River and its tributaries, helped by the extensive irrigation projects which have been undertaken over the past century.
fields

Country: Argentina

In the dry, arid deserts of Argentina, wineries and winemakers are focusing their efforts on producing high quality wines for the world market. By experimenting with both traditional and modern methods and technologies, they have found great success with a wide variety of grapes well suited to the conditions of the country, particularly Malbec, Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the past decade, Argentinian wineries have continued to aim high, and this has led to a range of new wines using grape varietals not typically associated with the country. The cooler regions of Argentina are seeing more vineyards being planted with Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir varietals, something that is beginning to produce fantastic results, which are at once representative of the country's wines - with all their fruity and bold character - but are also pushing the boundaries of what we expect from a New World country.
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Varietal: Malbec

Malbec grapes have been grown for centuries in the Old World, and whilst many wineries had and continue to have great success with these dark and rather demanding grapes, they are famously susceptible to rot and quickly lose their best features should the weather not be as good as they need it to be. As such, it is the New World Malbec wines which have really made this old and respected varietal a household name, and the many single variety bottles we see in our supermarkets and wine stores bearing this grape have been some of the biggest and most pleasing success stories of recent years. However, Malbec is often and was traditionally used as a blending grape, offering its strong tannins and heavy, plummy fruit flavors to milder, mellower wines to boost their character, and many of these blended wines rank amongst the finest in the world. As such, Malbec is a highly versatile grape which has spread across the globe to produce some very different results, each one pleasing, and each one packed with flavor and character.
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Region: Cuyo

The historic mountainous region of Cuyo in central-west Argentina, remains the nation's key wine producing area to this day, producing over eighty percent of the country's wines. Argentinian wines have gone from strength to strength over the past few decades, and it is undoubtedly the region of Cuyo which produces Argentina's most characterful and representative wines. Cuyo's dry and arid soil, rich in iron and other minerals has proven to be an ideal environment for the cultivation of Malbec grapes, alongside several other varietals which thrive in the hot climate and reach full ripeness each autumn, expressing their fruit-forward character. The vineyards of Cuyo are fed by the great Desaguadero River and its tributaries, helped by the extensive irrigation projects which have been undertaken over the past century.
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Country: Argentina

In the dry, arid deserts of Argentina, wineries and winemakers are focusing their efforts on producing high quality wines for the world market. By experimenting with both traditional and modern methods and technologies, they have found great success with a wide variety of grapes well suited to the conditions of the country, particularly Malbec, Bonarda and Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the past decade, Argentinian wineries have continued to aim high, and this has led to a range of new wines using grape varietals not typically associated with the country. The cooler regions of Argentina are seeing more vineyards being planted with Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir varietals, something that is beginning to produce fantastic results, which are at once representative of the country's wines - with all their fruity and bold character - but are also pushing the boundaries of what we expect from a New World country.