90POINTS
16½/20
Kaiken Reserve Malbec 2003
Agrelo District, Luján de Cuyo, Northern Region, Mendoza, ArgentinaOpen cigar/tobacco, vanilla nose streaked with black cherry kirsch, licorice, peppery, minty garrigue nose. Rich, ripe, fat and round with ripe black cherry jam fruit, black berry, violet, licorice root and smoky cigar flavours. Intense, warm and full-bodied red.Tasted: 30 August 2006Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:US | $20.00 | 750ml | Suggested Retail |
Grape: Malbec