2015 Finca Piedra Infinita
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As with the whole collection of 2015s from the high end, the single-vineyard 2015 Finca Piedra Infinita reveals a gobsmacking selection from shallow soils that produce super austere Malbec wines with reticent noses, with more influence from the vinification with full clusters and less oak than ever. The palate shows marked influence from the limestone soils. As I've seen in some of these top reds from Argentina, this is not about the variety at all, it's about the soils. And in this case, the wine even seems to transcend the vintage character, as their work has gained so much in precision that the wines are better every year. Where will the limit be? 2015 was not an easy year, yet the wine is better than ever. With time in the glass, the aromas that emerge are more about the herbs in the countryside than fruit—rockrose, thyme, etc. It has to be the finest wine I have ever tasted from Zuccardi. Beautiful. But 2016 should be coming next... 5,000 bottles were filled in December 2016.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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(this wine represents a blend of ten different soils from this property; fermented in concrete, then aged in 80% concrete and 20% used barriques ): Bright ruby-red. Sappy, highly complex aromas of currant, plum and tobacco are complicated by a suggestion of soil. A wine of compelling richness and sweetness as well as superb inner-mouth lift, with urgent crushed boysenberry and blackberry fruit flavors accented by a violet note. Wonderfully suave wine with an impression of weightlessness. Finishes broad and unflagging, with fine-grained tannins reaching the front teeth. There's a lingering salinity here from the shallow rocky, chalky soil. Splendid!
About the producer
Based in the Uco Valley, Zuccardi is one of Argentina’s leading producers. Family owned and run – today by third-generation Sebastián Zuccardi – the property crafts pure-fruited wines that speak of their mountainous Mendoza terroir.