Brand: Tucumen
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2018
ABV: 13.5%
Who/What/How:
- This is a wine from top Argentinian producer Bodegas Budeguer under their ‘Tucumen’ range. ‘Tucu’ refers to the name of their family home and ‘Men’ is a nod to the Mendoza wine region. However, it is a new, single vineyard offering from their Redeo del Medio estate in Maipú, (a small sub-section of the Mendoza region).
Taste:
- The altitude has really helped to preserve a zippy acidity to this wine, but it is balanced out by well integrated American oak which softens tannins and adds a sweet and spicy quality to the wine. Powerful aromas of vanilla, bell pepper, nutmeg and eucalyptus bounce off fruity flavours of blackcurrant, cherry, blueberry and blackberry.