VINEYARDS 60% Malbec - Las Compuertas, Year of plantation, 1929 Dark fruit and savoury notes, featuring juicy plums and brambleberries from the Malbec and oak, alongside hints of dried herbs and spices from the Cabernet Franc. It has a medium-bodied profile with youthful but amenable tannins, making it an elegant and harmonious wine suitable for early drinking and food pairing 30% Malbec - Vistalba, Year of Plantation, 1924 10% Cabernet Franc - Gualtallary, Year of Plantation 1991 PRODUCTION Only 1,800 bottles of 750 ml VINIFICATION De-stemming without grinding. Alcoholic fermentation in Open bins, microvinified. Soft manual and wet stomping of the hat, Infused. Post-fermentation maceration of at least a week. Devatting in barrels for complete malolactic fermentation. racking and return to barrels for aging. AGEING 100% of the volume is aged for 14 months in barrels French oak, 50% new, 50% second use.

Hailing from the Las Compuertas region of Argentina, this is everything you’d expect from a top end Malbec. Rich and deliciously full-bodied with notes of baked black cherries, tamarind, and berries, complemented by a hint of white pepper and hibiscus. One to enjoy now or put aside to develop over a few years…if you can wait that long!

96 Pts - Tim Atkin This wine has an intense red-violet colour. The nose is delicate, with aromas of violet flowers, menthol, spices and black fruits. In the mouth, ripe and structured tannins, and liquorice notes. Long and persistent finish. Exceptional specimen! In 2008, Fabian Valenzuela – chief oenologist at bodega Tapiz – was selecting the components of Tapiz Seleccion de Barricas. This consisted on tasting the contents of the oak barles (225 lts capacity each) where the wines harvested in 2006 from the best plots of land were being aged for almost two years by then. This is done every year, and Seleccion de Barricas is a blend of the barriques selected in this process. That particular year, when he tasted one of the Malbec barrels, he was in awe with the deep dark colour of the wine, and the amazing concentration of flavours it presented. When pouring it in a glass and swirling it a direct image came to his mind with the drops of wines that were produced: black tears (lágrimas negras). It was at that point that he decided to make a single variety top end wine from this wine. He identified the plot of land the grapes came from, and created a new product which became iconic: Black tears Malbec

12 months in French and American oak barrel, no filtering. An elegant Malbec, with rich purple tones, a mouthful of plum and red berry flavours, mellow tannins, and a long finish with hints of spices. Ideal to drink with friends and good company, together with meat and chicken dishes, hard cheeses, or just by itself, for the pleasure of tasting a delicious wine. 93 Points James Suckling 92 Points Tim Atkin 92 Points Robert Parker

100% Cardonnay from the San Pablo estate in the Uco Valley. 25+ year old vines at 1230 metres above sea level. Aged for 7 month is second and third use 225 litre casks. A beautifully stylish and creamy Chardonnay, very comparable to a qulality white Burgundy. John G loves it!

If you just look at the grapes and then the region, you'll likely do a double take. A Sangiovese from Mendoza? Well some mad scientist's experiments actually deliver good results. Intense aromas of ripe red fruits, Mediterranean spices, and a balsamic note merge into a velvety and harmonious sip, with a long and persistent finish. Perfect to accompany red meats and aged cheeses.

Mineral and herbaceous aromas on the nose. Red fruits, mint and eucalyptus. A beautiful wine. This has got to be one of the best Malbecs I have tasted in a long time. Juan Pablo Lupa is such a passionate wine maker and the intensity shows in his wines. Rich and elegant, not too heavy, very smooth and silky. Lovely flavours with vanilla coming through on the lvery long finish.