Nicolas Catena Zapata Half 2020

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Nicolas Catena Zapata Half 2020

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Nicolas Catena Zapata Half 2020

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Nicolás Catena Zapata 2020 is a Bordeaux-style red blend from the Mendoza region of Argentina. This wine showcases a significant evolution in Argentine winemaking. This vintage features a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 21% Malbec, reflecting the complexity sought in traditional Bordeaux blends. The grapes are sourced from Catena`s high-altitude vineyards in Mendoza, allowing for optimal ripeness and expression. The wine offers a structured palate with firm tannins and notable acidity, characteristic of its mountainous origins. Nicolás Catena Zapata is recognised for pioneering Argentine luxury cuvées since the release of its first vintage in 1997, elevating local winemaking to a global stage.

2020

Red

Catena Zapata

Mendoza, Argentina

Cabernet Sauvignon - Malbec

97 Jane Anson

Measured and steady release of supple brambled fruits, wonderfully fragrant and well judged, this combines depth of fruit flavour with softly expressed tannins, crayon, truffles, black pepper and smoked oak. Such a distinct and vibrant expression of these Left Bank Bordeaux varieties, givien a ripeness in Argentina that they are not always able to get in France, harnessed by the grace and careful precison of the Catena family. Brilliant vintage of this landmark Argentinian wine. Ungrafted vines, Fernando Buscema winemaker, Alejandro Vigil wine director, 3.64ph.Jane Anson31st August 2023

96 Vinous

The 2020 Nicolás Catena Zapata is a blend composed of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Malbec and 20% Cabernet Franc sourced from Paraje Altamira in the Uco Valley. It was carefully aged for up to 16 months in French oak barrels. Garnet in hue. The nose reveals captivating cassis, rose, blackberry, plum and fig aromas harmoniously combined with dried flowers. The palate presents a dry and ample profile, with fine-grained tannins and a juicy flow that leads to a vibrant mouthfeel, brimming with energy. This meticulously crafted red achieves precise balance in a warm vintage.Joaquin Hidalgo1st September 2023

96 The Wine Independent

A blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 21% Malbec, the 2020 Nicolas Catena Zapata is deep garnet-purple in color. It rolls out with vibrant notes of redcurrant jelly, cassis, and baked plums, leading to hints of crushed rocks, wild sage, and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate is refreshing, finely crafted, and elegantly styled, with vibrant black fruit and savory layers and a fine-grained texture, finishing with a real skip in its step.Lisa Perrotti-Brown21st August 2023

95 Robert Parker

2020 was a very dry and low-yielding year, with 20% to 30% less crop, and the grapes were picked early. The 2020 Nicolás Catena Zapata was produced with a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc and 21% Malbec, higher in Franc than ever, for the first time more than Malbec, to compensate the warm and dry conditions. The wine is ripe and very peppery, with 13.9% alcohol and a pH of 3.64. It matured in new and second-use French oak barrels for 18 months. It was a healthy crop with concentration and ripeness, and the wine comes through as powerful and quite classical, still a little oaky, with power and balance. 60,000 bottles were filled in January 2020. - Luis Gutiérrez

16 Jancis Robinson

54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, 21% Malbec. Uco Valley fruit. Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec from the Adrianna vineyard in Gualtallary at 1,450 m, planted in 1992 on calcareous soils with gravels; Cabernet Franc and Malbec from the Nicasia vineyard in Paraja Altamira at 1,095 m, planted in 1996 on gravels mixed with sand and loam. Fermentation in a mix of small oak barrels, concrete and stainless-steel tanks, at 26–28 °C for about 10–15 days, then post-fermentation maceration of 5–10 days. Malolactic conversion and ageing in French oak barrels for 18 months. 5,000 cases produced.Green spices meet sweet fruit on a slightly awkward nose, which is earthy and highly savoury. The palate however is much finer, with succulent black fruits, seamless tannins and a heady, warming finish. Give it a year to allow the nose to settle. (TP)

Catena Zapata

Pioneers of Fine Winemaking in Argentina

Over more than a century, the Catenas have evolved into the pre-eminent winemaking family in Argentina. The family’s history in wine goes back to 1902 when Nicola Catena purchased his first Mendoza vineyard. Much more recently, in 1997, his grandson, Nicolás Zapata pioneered the idea of fine wine from Argentina. Inspired by Bordeaux and Napa, he was the first person to ally Old World winemaking sensibilities to the high-altitude vineyards of Mendoza.

Bodega Catena Zapata is now managed by (Dr) Laura Catena, who continues to uphold the the family’s standard of excellence, harnessing the high-altitude terroir of the Andes through precision viticulture and a highly granular cellar regime to produce one of the finest wine portfolios in Argentina.

The flagship wine of the Catena portfolio is the Nicolás Catena Zapata cuvée in which ungrafted Malbec is blended with Cabernet Sauvignon from ‘grand cru’ multiple plots, all processed via 200 micro-vinifications which are then blended together and matured for 24 months in French oak, with a further two years in bottle before release.

Mendoza, Argentina

Catena Zapata