Zuccardi "Tito Zuccardi" Uco Valley Red Blend 2016

Wine Advocate : 93 Points

(6/29/2018) The 2016 Tito Zuccardi is a slightly different blend from past years, and in this cold vintage, it is 80% Malbec with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Ancellotta. It fermented in concrete vats with indigenous yeasts, and 40% of the wine was put in used 500-liter French oak barrels while the rest remained in concrete. This is still too young and has more Cabernet character, and it feels a little marked by its elevage, relatively speaking, compared with other wines, because it's not really oaky. The palate is austere, chalky, linear, without any fat, lean and with a dry finish. It can develop nicely in bottle. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2017. Drink 2019 - 2024.