Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard 100 point Collection (18 Bone/16 River/12 Fortuna Terrae)

1 x Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard White Bones Chardonnay 2018 - JS 100
1 x Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec 2016 - RP 100
1 x Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec 2017 - JS 100

1) Catena White Bones Chardonnay 2018 : This is really exuberant at this stage with fantastic aromas of honeysuckle, salt, chalk and dried apples and pears. Full body. Dense, vivid fruit with a linear frame of wonderful, energetic acidity. The energy and length just goes on for minutes. Soulful white. Argentina’s answer to Montrachet. Stares you straight in the eyes. JS

2) Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec 2016 : It shows detailed and nuanced, with subtle aromas of violets, spices, tobacco and wet chalk. It has a velvety texture with ultra refined, fine-grained tannins. It is precise in the acidity and on the palate, with the textbook chalky tannins and a sapid, almost salty finish. This is serious, austere, mineral, long, compact, harmonious and concentrated, yet it feels light and has that somewhat contradictory powerful elegance. This has to be the best wine ever produced at Catena. RP

3) Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River Stones Malbec 2017 : Incredible aromas of blackberries, hot stones, wet earth and flowers. Full-bodied, it floats across the palate with ultra-fine tannins that melt into the wine. Superb, long finish of subtle fruit and terroir-defined subtleties. JS