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Wine Description
The Story
This flagship wine is a blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot from the best vineyard lots in the Remolinos vineyard. These lots have lower natural yields, and are also thinned to 1 cluster per shoot. Maceration is slightly longer for these lots, and fermentation times and temperatures depend on the characteristics of the particular lots.
Wine Information
The 2008 Amano is comprised of 64% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot and 2% Tannat. 2008 provided the idyllic vintage conditions for wines of finesse and longevity. This vintage will likely be rated as one of the best of the decade in Agrelo. The days were consistently warm but never peaking with heat, while the nights were notably cooler than in previous years. As a result the phenolic, sugar and flavor ripeness evolved in perfect unison. The dry summer allowed no rain to hinder the perfectly healthy grape conditions. Picking was by hand, parcel by parcel, in the early morning, about a week earlier than usual.
Heightened aromas and flavors of violets from the Malbec are followed by red fruit flavours, the Cabernet brings structural elegance and excellent length, the jasmine perfumed Petit Verdot and robust Tannat bringing firm tannins and textural complexity.
"Saturated ruby. Primary aromas of crushed blackberry, menthol, bitter chocolate, violet, mocha and minerals, along with sexy oak tones. Suave on entry, then dense, highly concentrated and firm but not hard, with a captivating restrained sweetness to the flavors of black fruits, bitter chocolate and violet. More backward and imploded than the 2007 version and built for the long haul. This offers loads of potential."
91(+?) Points Stephen Tanzer