
91POINTS
16¾/20







Melipal Malbec Reserve 2006
Luján de Cuyo, Northern Region, Mendoza, ArgentinaThis is big showy stuff just like the '04. The colour is deep the nose a savoury, smoky vanilla coffee affair with bits of black licorice, black cherry jam and tobacco. The attack is juicy with spicy, cardamom, smoky vanilla, black cherry, savoury flavours all flecked with orange and a few rustic tannins in the back end. Back on track in amix of New and Old World styles.Tasted: 08 August 2009Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:BC | $39.90 | 750ml | specialty listing |