Bodega Colome Estate Malbec Valle Calchaqui 2023 750ml

Bodega Colomé sits at about 2,300 meters in the Calchaquí Valley of Salta, on an estate founded in 1831. Donald and Ursula Hess bought it in 1998 and planted the El Arenal vineyard, and Thibaut Delmotte is the winemaker.

The 2023 is 100% Malbec from four estate vineyards: Colomé at 2,300 meters (60%), El Arenal at 2,600 meters (25%), Altura Máxima at 3,111 meters (10%) and La Brava at 1,700 meters (5%). It spent 15 months in second- to fifth-use French oak, then six months in bottle, and it's 14.5% alcohol.

Blackberry, red fruit and exotic florals open up to ripe dark fruit, spiced oak and pepper, with fresh acidity and big tannins.

Next to Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec, Colomé is grown at 1,700 to 3,111 meters in Salta rather than in Mendoza; for a high-altitude Malbec with big tannins, choose Colomé.

Serve it at 15 to 17°C, a little below room temperature, and drink it now through 2034. Those tannins want food, and grilled steak or lamb is the natural match.

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