Quimera Achaval Ferrer 2008

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An outstanding vintage for Quimera, a blend devised to encompass the best of Mendoza, blending Malbec, Merlot and Cabernets

Deeply coloured, intense, with a deep cherry rim, this is much more avuncular and serious than the straightforward Malbec. Richly textured it clings to the glass. Dark, brooding fruit dominates nose and palate, blueberry and black cherry, with a dark, earthy backdrop. The palate is fleshy straight-laced at this early stage, adroit, focussed and extremely pure, all complemented by well-integrated, fine-grained tannins. Precise and focussed, this 2008 has great potential.

Malbec, 2008, Dry, Full bodied, 14%, Cork

Drink now / lay down 2012 - 2022

"Ambitious blends of Mendoza Malbec fruit with several Bordeaux varieties. The former smoky, spicy and unmistakably Argentinian on the nose, quite seriously structured with firm, fine tannins, unashamedly weighty, but balanced and age worthy."

Peter McCombie MW, Harpers Magazine (23rd September)

"Scented, fragrant, vibrant fruit but quite austere and unyielding on the palate. Needs time - a sleeping giant." 16+/20

Richard Hemming, JancisRobinson.com (August 2011)

Producer

Achaval-Ferrer

We are enormously proud to be the sole UK agents of the highly renowned portfolio from Achaval-Ferrer, producers in Mendoza, Argentina. In 1998, a group of Italian and Argentinian friends joined forces to realise a then extremely

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