Luna Austral, Sintonía 2013, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This Argentinean red blend is silky, elegant and combines cabernet franc’s charm with soft black merlot fruit and a shot of malbec.
Deep-intensity purple in color, this wine has an aromatic nose of black plum, blackberry, raspberry puree and warm-weather-cabernet franc notes.
On the palate the dry, medium-plus-bodied red blend is smooth in mouthfeel with ripe, medium-plus tannin.
The wine is silky, elegant and combines cabernet franc’s charm with soft black merlot fruit and a shot of malbec.
Essentially an Argentinean Saint Emilion.
Bottle Note: Each year a unique ultra-premium certified blend designed by Alvaro Espinoza-named by Decanter Magazine 2015, “One of the world’s best winemakers according to their peers.” Paramount expression of our unique terroir. Balanced grape equilibrium: 47% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 7% Malbec. Our ultra-premium blend comes from vines born and grown up under standards of Demeter International.
Price: $119
Alcohol: 14.3%
Importer: T. Elenteny Imports, New York, New York
Tasted: Back to the Future: Biodynamic Viticulture is Here to Stay Education Session, Society of Wine Educators Conference 2018, Woodcliff Hotel, Rochester, New York
Tasting Date: August 16, 2018
