Altos Las Hormigas Reserva Malbec
2008 / 750 ml.
Ratings Key:
- SP Wine Spectator
- WE Wine Enthusiast
- OT Other Review Service
- RP Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
- ST Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
- Gold Premier Gold - Best Value*
- Plat Premier Platinum - Our Highest Recommendation
- * as rated by our staff
Published Reviews
- 90
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90 pts. Wine Enthusiast: May, 2011
On the oaky side, with toasty aromas of stacked wood, smoke and black fruits lurking below the surface. The palate has the typical piercing juiciness of the 2008 vintage, with bursting flavors of pie cherry and raspberry. Minty and oaky on the finish, with snappy finishing acidity.
- 90
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90 pts. Wine & Spirits: February 1, 2011
As black as the night in the Uco Valley, this malbec feels tremendous in size and ripeness, yet held high by an acidity that is as powerful as the wine’s dark fruit flavors. Decant it for lamb on the grill.
- 90
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90 pts. Wine Spectator: May 31, 2011
Ripe, dense and oaky, delivering blackberry, plum skin and fig paste notes wrapped in silky tannins. Hints of spice cake and cocoa fill out the long, floral finish. Drink now through 2013.
- 88
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88 pts. Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar: Jan/Feb 2011
Bright saturated ruby. Sexy oak spices complement blackberry, cassis, bitter chocolate, licorice and mint on the nose. Juicy, intense and penetrating, with a firm spine for aging. Not at all overly sweet — in fact a bit youthfully stunted — with a dominant flavor of boysenberry. Finishes with slightly tough tannins. This will need time to expand and gain in pliancy.
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