Colome ‘1831’ Malbec 2019

Planted in 1831, the home vineyard at Colome inspires this wine and is a tribute to our history. It is exclusively elaborated from vines which are more than 100 years old. Colome is the oldest winery in Argentina, and for more than 180 years, it has been crafting fine wines. This wine is the highest expression of pioneers in extreme high-altitude viticulture and sustainable farming.

Intense red colour with purple hues. Elegant and complex, with ripe black fruit and oral and spicy notes complemented by delicate and integrated notes from its oak aging. A fruity, concentrated and balanced wine with marked acidity, round tannins and a fabulous body.

94 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

There is a new, still unpriced, red produced with the oldest vines in the property as an homage to the year the winery was created, the 2019 1831 Malbec. It’s a heady and ripe Malbec at 14.9% alcohol from vines at 2,300 meters above sea level. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in Bordeaux barrels, 30% of them new, for 18 months. It’s dark, intense and concentrated, very powerful, and as such, it has swallowed the oak and comes through as fruit-driven and juicy, with pungent flavours and wonderful tannins. It’s powerful but balanced, dare I say elegant? 6,500 bottles were filled in September 2021.