2014 Bramare Rebon Vineyard Malbec

The 2014 Bramare Malbec Rebon Vineyard is produced with grapes from 11-year-old vines in La Consulta in the Valle de Uco. The hand-harvested grapes went through a sorting table (a standard here) and fermented in stainless steel after a four-day cold soak. The wine matured in 65% new French oak and 5% new American oak barrels until bottled 19 months after the vintage. It feels like a good year for the Rebon vineyard, with very good balance between ripeness, freshness and spiciness, power and elegance. I feel the oak shows better integrated than the 2012 I tasted last time (unfortunately I missed the 2013s) and the texture has more elegance and filigree, it fills your mouth but it's also gentle, with very fine tannins. 9,300 bottles produced.