Zuccardi Family Finca Canal Uco Malbec 2022

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Zuccardi Family Finca Canal Uco Malbec 2022

Zuccardi Family Finca Canal Uco Malbec 2022 is born in Paraje Altamira, Valle de Uco, at an altitude of 1,100 metres, in a vineyard that played a decisive role in the family's recent history: it was the first planted by the Zuccardis in this area and marked the beginning of the discovery of Altamira's identity. The name comes from Canal Uco, the canal that carries water from the Tunuyán River and has irrigated these alluvial lands of sand, silt, stone and limestone for decades. The winery itself describes 2022 as a fresh, balanced and challenging vintage, one of the most surprising of the last decade. In Paraje Altamira, the Malbecs show red fruit, marked texture and a very juicy mouthfeel, the result of ample and precise ripening. The harvest at Finca Canal Uco took place between 28 March and 7 April.

Vinification: The harvest is manual, with selection of bunches. The vats are filled by gravity and fermentation takes place in concrete, with indigenous yeasts. Ageing is also done in concrete, in an approach that favours purity, texture and the mineral expression of the place, without the influence of wood.

Tasting Notes: In the style of the house, this is a terroir Malbec: red fruit, very expressive character, great texture and freshness. On tasting, it also reveals a floral and stony side, with elegance, depth and a mineral and vibrant finish, one of those that linger in the mouth long after the last sip.

Grape Varieties: 100% Malbec

Wine Type: Red Wine
Format: 0,75L
Vintage: 2022
Country: Australia
The highest scoring: James Suckling 97 to 99 Points
Vinious 97 to 99 Points
Robert Parker: RP96
Wine Spectator: 94
James Suckling: 97
Jancis Robinson: 17.5
Jane Anson (inside Bordeaux): 96
Vinious: 98

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The 2022 Malbec Finca Canal Uco was made with 90% whole bunches. It opens with lavender, violet, field herbs, sage, morello cherry and blackberry notes. This is highly expressive and elegant. The palate is compact, rich and chalky, with generous length and definition. The 2022 is a great wine from an excellent vintage.

This is ferric, with notes of dried herbs and subtle dark fruit. The palate is medium- to full-bodied, precise and focused, with tight fruit and well-delineated tannins. A savory touch follows through to the saline, persistent finish.

The 2022 Finca Canal Uco opens with a deep, lush bouquet of black and blue fruits, purple flowers and crushed stones that gradually develops a high-toned, herbal energy with time in the glass. It is graceful and lively on the palate, balancing dense, refined concentration with remarkable levity, seamlessly moving into a complex, mineral-driven finish anchored by a contained core of opaque fruits and a distinctly floral character. This is a decidedly bold expression of Altamira that admirably maintains the region's signature poise and finesse, offering a more intense, darker counterpoint to the textural lift of the Piedra Infinita bottlings. As always with Zuccardi's Malbec bottlings, it fermented in concrete vessels of various sizes with a high proportion of whole clusters.

A wine that I often open for friends at home, dependable, enjoyable and surprising – bringing to the forefront the floral, lightly spiced and delicate side of Malbec that can often get forgotten in the usual heavily-oaked versions. This is dominated by blackberry and red cherry fruits, nutmeg, sage, white pepper, cocoa beans and violets. Sebastien Zuccardi winemaker, concrete vats for fermentation and ageing, natural yeasts, 57ha vineyard set at 1,100m in altitude on granite and limestone soils.

Extremely deep, glowing crimson. Still very much a work in progress on the nose, but intriguing – and cool! Mouth-filling spicy fruit with real tang and interest. Savoury and fairly tannic on the end. Youthful! But promising.

Opening notes of violet, mountain herbs and petrichor give way to a tensile core, with layers of floral raspberry and Rainier cherry that build richness while simultaneously contrasted by a wave of minerally acidity, but this never loses focus or its core flavors. Finishes with length around structured tannins. Malbec. Drink now through 2038. 500 cases made, 450 cases imported.

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