Terrazas De Los Andes Single Vineyard Las Compuertas Malbec 2015 (750ML)

92 WS / 92 WE / 90 VM

Creamy and refined, featuring lusciously spiced flavors of plum tart, dark cherry and black fig. Cedar and loamy notes show midpalate, with a long, rich finish that offers chocolate mousse accents. Drink now through 2021. 3,000 cases made, 1,000 cases imported. - KM, Wine Spectator

Ripe, chunky black-fruit aromas are swathed in minty oak and vanilla, while accents of black olive and prune are part of the nose. A round, full palate is enlivened by tartaric kick before going quiet, while ripe berry, prune and cassis flavors finish flat and dense. Drink now. - Michael Schachner, Wine Enthusiast

Dark ruby-red. Less roasted on the nose than the 2014 version, offering scents of cassis, ripe plum and red cherries macerated in alcohol. Very plush and ripe but dry, and a step up in concentration and density from the '14. Still more a wine of breadth than verticality but at least as dark in its fruit character as the '14 and firmer, longer and more vibrant on the finish. A bit less sweet on the end than the 2014 example, showing a positive hint of mintiness. Moureau expressed the opinion that peak drinkability for this bottling is typically about six or seven years after the vintage, "then it loses fruit and freshness even if shows more complexity.” - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous Media