Descripción

La pureza es la sensación principal que define a este monovarietal de Malbec mendocino, cuya cuna se enclava a más de mil metros sobre el nivel del mar. Fermentado y criado en hormigón y barricas usadas, destaca por su perfumada expresividad floraly, cuerpo medio y taninos finos que hacen de él un tinto serio pero fácil de beber

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2018
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Malbec
Origen
Mendoza

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.
Consumo
Óptimo hasta 2022 aproximadamente si se conserva en buenas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Paraje Altamira y Chacayes.
Descripción
Ambos viñedos se ubican en el Valle de Uco, en Mendoza (Argentina) y se enclavan a una altitud de entre 980 y 1.100 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Vinificación
Tras la exhaustiva selección de racimos, estos fueron a parar, por gravedad, a las piletas donde fermentaron con levaduras nativas. Maceración sobre los orujos con 'delestage' y 'pigeage' periódicos. Fermentación maloláctica completa.
Envejecimiento
Crianza en barricas usadas y piletas de hormigón.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

Very fresh and floral on the nose with graphite and carbon to the blackberry character. Full-bodied, firm and silky with a creamy and compact texture. Racy. Drink or hold.

The Wine Advocate:

There is a sense of purity in the 2018 Q Malbec that seems common to the whole portfolio here—wines that show precision, are clean and show no excess in any direction: ripeness, extraction or oak. It comes from Altamira and Chacayes, where 2018 was very balanced, and this is an exercise of blending over 100 components, as they ferment by soil even within the same vineyard. They fermented with different amounts of full clusters depending on the plot, perhaps 30% on average, and they fermented in concrete and with only 30% of the wine matured in used barriques. It's floral, expressive and perfumed, with a medium-bodied palate where the tannins are fine and there's some grip. The wine is serious but easy to drink. They want the wine to have a similar style to the top range: freshness, purity, cleanliness and texture that says it's from the Valle de Uco. 300,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2018.

Decanter:

Fresh and highly aromatic with concentrated layers of blackberry, blueberry and tobacco taking centre stage. High-altitude fruit combines with native yeasts to bring a rich, earthy wine carrying a fuller body, round tannins and a long, engaging finish. Drinking Window 2020 - 2023.