Fabre Montmayou Gran Reserva Malbec 2012 Wine Review

Fabre Montmayou Gran Reserva Malbec 2012

Mendoza, Argentina

Community Score:91/100

Community Reviews: 6

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Price: $25.95

Drink: 2014-2018

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 15%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine

Winery: Fabre Montmayou

Agent: Glencairn Wine Merchants

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Seductive blackberries and fleshy black plums on the nose, full-bodied with gorgeous velvet texture on the palate of this elegant Argentine red wine brought to us by Vistalba. Lovely bite on the palate. Spice and cedar smoke on a long and persistent finish. A beautiful expression of Mendoza malbec. Pair with lamb chops.

Malbec food pairings: baseball steak with sautéed mushrooms on wilted greens, selection of prosciutto and breasola meats, bacon onion and potato omelet.

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This Fabre Montmayou Gran Reserva Malbec 2012 was reviewed on May 14, 2016 by Natalie MacLean

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Reviews and Ratings

Andrew Bernardo rated this wine as 93/100 with the following review:

This wine blew me out of the water as soon as the cork was pulled. Stunning, featuring blackberry, black currant paste, herbs, melted black licorice, tobacco, plum skin, and a whole lot more. Warm, dense, and a little spicey. 93 Points. (www.ottawawinejournal.com)

Matt Steeves - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Wow! Super rich and concentrated Mendoza Malbec. The Gran Reserva shows the power and grace a fine Malbec can have. Loaded with dark field berries, plum, spice, and leather. So smooth and polished, it's ideally suited for gourmet meals with complementary complex flavours such as beef short ribs braised in red wine and star anise, or an Argentine favourite, beef empanadas. Tasted April 2016. 92 points. Matt Steeves - www.quercusvino.ca

Jane Staples - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 89/100 with the following review:

Damson plum nose with a hint of mocha. The palate gives more plum, mocha, vanilla & baking spice, earth and smoke. XD, full-bodied with spicy plum finish.
Tasted May 2016

Produced by Domaine Vistalba, the grapes are grown on vines that are over 80 years old in Vistalba and Las Compuertas regions, and they're cropped at 35 hectoliters per hectare, which is low, and aged in French barrel for 12 months. The 2012 vintage of the Gran Reserva Malbec is made from 100% Malbec grapes grown on low-yielding vines planted in the region of Lujan de Cuyo. The wine is fermented in concrete vats and then matured for 12 months in French oak barrels, of which about a third is new, a third is second-use and the remainder third use. - Community Wine Review

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Fabre Montmayou Gran Reserva Malbec 2012 Wine Review

Natalie's Score: 90/100

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