2004 Altos Las Hormigas, Altos Las Hormigas
Mendoza, Arg- Color: Red
- Name: Altos Las Hormigas
- Vineyard: Altos Las Hormigas
- Type: Malbec
- Origin: Mendoza, Arg
- Year: 2004
- Price: $12.00
- Rating: 5.0
- Pocho's Pick
- Review:
92 Wine Spectator
90 (+?) International Wine Cellar
Altos Las Hormigas Mendoza "Reserve" Malbec 2004
Big, brawny style, with lots of dark cocoa, tar, black currant and fig flavors supported by loamy tannins. Dense finish is packed with fruit, minerals and ripe acidity. Needs brief cellaring. Best from 2006 through 2009. 1,200 cases imported.
(Dec 2005)
Medium ruby. Brooding, high-pitched aromas of black- and blueberry, violet and espresso. Densely packed and broad but quite backward and primary today, with terrific concentration. Like the other 2004s under this label, the fruit shows a restrained sweetness and considerable class. Finishes with ripe, dusty tannins and excellent persistence. This offers superb potential and really calls for a few years of patience. (Nov/Dec 2005)
91 Wine Enthusiast
Potent and piercing right off the bat. The color says a lot, and the nose is confirmation that with this Malbec you're not playing around. The berry level is up there, and the flavors of blackberry, cassis and plum are deep and satisfying. A nice layer of roasted fruit and oak carry the finish, and overall this wine offers a lot of juice per sip.
12/3/05
- Comments: In 1995, Alberto Antonini, a well known Tuscan wine maker, and Antonio Morescalchi a young entrepreneur bored with his car dealership, took a trip to visit the major viticultural areas of Argentina. They returned powerfully impressed by the potential of Malbec in the Mendoza appellation, and felt certain that they had found what they were looking for. The next step came that year and 216 hectars were bought in the the township of Lujàn de Cuyo. To this day we are all amazed at how a company so numerous, diverse and composed of personalities who are not inclined to compromise, works so well and in such harmony.