Huarpe Lancatay Bonarda 2011 Argentina

Huarpe Banarda 2011 is a wine supplied by LOKI in Birmingham, UK, Bonarda is a grape of Italian origin (Piedmonte), though it is difficult to find there now and it may be known under some of its other names ( Croatina in Lombardia, Charbono in California, Bonarda Novarese  etc.).
This dry red wine has aromas of red fruits, spices (vanilla and ginger), some black fruits and a smokey oak edge, on the palate there is a feint spritz/carbon dioxide fizz which disappears quickly, the fruits, red and black berries, are slightly 'baked', and there is a nuttiness and  spice which points towards an Italian complexity. The tannins are soft and silky and offer gentle structure to this fruity wine, the alcohol seems well knitted in at 13.5% and the French and American Oak is carefully managed.
The grapes are 40-50 years old and grown at 950m, the winery Huarpe is family run:  oenologist José Hernández Toso makes the wine, while his brother Maximiliano Hernández Toso manages the winery.
Score : 85