• Year 2015
• Colour Red
• Country Argentina
• Region Mendoza
• Sub Region NA
• Designation NA
• Classification NA
• Pack Size 6x75cl
• ABV 14%
• Drinking Window 2018 - 2025
• Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now

• 97 Tim Atkin  

  One of my wines of the vintage in 2015, this is the best release yet from this joint venture between Domains Baron de Rothschild (Lafite) and the Catena family, launched in 2000. Combining Malbec with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, mostly from Paraje Altamira in the Uco Valley, but with some support from Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo, it's a stunningly complex wine, which marries the richness of Argentinian flavours with the finesse and nuance of a top Left Bank Bordeaux. The fruit is bright and luminous, the oak scented and well integrated, the tannins silky and caressing. What a red! 2020-30.

  
  
• 94 James Suckling  

  The smoke and currant character of this wine is impressive. Some blackberries and fresh herbs, too. Oak showing now. Full-bodied, tight and linear with juicy tannins. Needs three or four year to polish the finish. More malbec (85%) in the blend than usual, and the rest cabernet sauvignon. Drink in 2020.

  
  
• 94 Wine Advocate  

  The eponymous flagship 2015 Caro is a blend of Malbec with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. As 2015 was a very challenging year for Cabernet Sauvignon, this vintage has more Malbec than in the past, which seems to have given it extra freshness. The percentage of Malbec has been creeping up since 2012, which has moved the profile toward more red fruit and freshness, and at the same time, they have been reducing the amount of new oak used. It comes from the oldest plots in their vineyards in Paraje Altamira and Las Compuertas. It fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts, including malolactic. The élevage lasted 18 months and was in French barriques produced by the Domaine Lafite, of which 60% were new and the rest second use. This is my favorite vintage of Caro so far, always an elegant and classical blend but now with an extra dimension of freshness. It has harmony and balance for a positive development in bottle. It's still young, but it's certainly approachable. 38,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2016.

  
  

  Drinking Window: 2018 - 2025

  Reviewer Name: Luis Gutiérrez

  Review Date: 29th June 2018

Caro

This unbeatable collaboration marries the old world expertise of Lafite's Domaine Barons de Rothschild with the new world innovation of highly-acclaimed Argentinian producer Catena Zapata. The resulting wine is a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec that is the best of both worlds, and as always, available at an unbeatable price. Always in high-demand, this is a wine that sells out fast so don't delay in snapping up as much as possible.

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