2004 Bodegas Catena Zapata Malbec Catena Zapata Argentino Vineyard RP--98

Robert Parker: 98 Points
Wine Advocate #174 Dec 2007 Jay Miller 98 Drink: 2018 - 2058 $120 (120) Catena Zapata�s flagship is the Nicolas Catena Zapata, a Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec blend. The 2004 Nicolas Catena Zapata is composed of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Malbec. It spent 18 months in 100% new French oak. A saturated black purple in color, it has an aristocratic perfume of pain grille, mineral, espresso, saddle leather, cassis, black currant, and black raspberry. Opulently textured, complex, ripe, and sweet on the palate, it maintains a sense of elegance as well as power. It demands 10-15 years of further cellaring and should still be providing pleasure at age 50. It strikes me as being Argentina�s equivalent of a great vintage of Lafite-Rothschild.