• Year 2010
• Colour Red
• Country Argentina
• Region Mendoza
• Sub Region NA
• Designation NA
• Classification NA
• Pack Size 6x75cl
• ABV 13.5%
• Drinking Window 2016 - 2023
• Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now

• 95 Wine Advocate  

  Doctor Nicolas Catena always liked Cabernet Sauvignon so the wine that carries his name has a greater percentage of the noble Bordeaux grape. The 2010 Nicolas Catena Zapata is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Malbec sourced from La Piramide, Domingo, Adrianna and Nicasia. The fresh and balanced 2010 produced good ripeness of the fruit but the acidity was also great and the wine finished with 6.5 grams of acidity and a natural pH of 3.5, as the grapes are selected from cold soils. The first vintage was 1997, but this has to be one of their finest. This has the intensity of the Catena Alta Cabernet and the verticality and austerity of the Adrianna Malbec. It has very good acidity and intensity, while it has some velvety tannins. For a minute I was trying to remember the varietals as the sense of place, the freshness and the earthy sensations clearly take over. A superb bottle of wine. This is a wine to age. Drink 2016-2023.

  
  

  Drinking Window: 2016 - 2023

  Reviewer Name: Luis Gutiérrez

  Review Date: 30th April 2014

• 92 Wine Spectator  

  A rich red, delivering powerful dark cherry, plum and dried blackberry flavors flanked by notes of slate and spice. Fresh and minerally on the finish, featuring some green herbal hints and firm tannins.

  
  

Catena Zapata

Nicolas Catena is the man known for revolutionizing Argentine wine in the 1980s, introducing the world to Malbec. If you like your Malbec from Argentina full-bodied, deep and dark and dripping with fruit then you're in for a treat. While some prefer the European style of Malbec from the Adrianna vineyard; others prefer the more powerful style from Nicasia. Then there are those who sit on the fence (or perhaps, prefer the balance) and enjoy the blend of both Adrianna and Nicasia vineyards, in the Argentino. The highly collectable Nicolas Catena Zapata had its very first vintage in 1997 and is a testament to the quality found at this benchmark Argentinian winery.

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