Item Number: 5689 UPC: 0835603002140

Country: Argentina
Region: Salta Sub Region: Cafayate
Appellation/AVA: Tolombon
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): 100% Tannat
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Case Production: 600 Imported
Alc by Vol(%): 14.3
Total Acidity: 5.27
pH: 3.68
Elevation: 5,576 feet

Fining: None
Filtration: Light
Aging: 10% in 2nd use for 6 months

The Story: Ancient Argentine lore tells the story of a mystical elf named Coquena who lives in the high mountains of Salta province and protects the vicuñes, animals native to the Andes that are prized for their wool. The locals will tell you that Coquena is all-seeing – he travels at night fiercely protecting his animals against anyone who sets out to do them harm. High up in these same mountains, in the town of Tolombón, sits a vineyard at 5,576 feet above sea level where the grapes for Coquena wine come from. The vines from this farm consistently produce such lush, well-balanced wines that the Etchart family believes the Coquena’s day job is to keep an eye on the vines that bear his name. Coquena wines are produced by Arnaldo, Marcos and Pablo Etchart, the sons of Arnaldo B. Etchart, one of the great wine pioneers of Salta Province. They believe that great wine comes from great grapes, and give special care to their low-yielding vineyards to create unique, truly pleasurable wines.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairing Suggestions: Dark as night in color. Floral aromas with well-integrated oak, and notes of black cherry and blackberry. This wine is built to show how powerful Tannat can be without being over-ripe or blousy.

88(+?) (2012 vintage) International Wine Advocate 3/2013
"Bright, full ruby. Very ripe aromas of blackberry liqueur and dark chocolate. Quite sweet and smooth in the mouth, even creamy, with blackberry and dried fruit flavors perked up by a hint of wild herbs. A rather elegant yet still powerful style of Tannat, supported by a firm acid/tannin spine. Plenty of ripe black cherry and dark berry fruit on the finish.This youthfully muscular wine may yet harmonize and improve in bottle."