“Officially, this is a malbec, but it also has some cabernet franc (7%) to add tannins and herbal notes to the variety’s juiciness and generous fruit. Both varieties come from the Adrianna Vineyard that Catena planted in 1996 on the stony, chalky soils of Gualtallary at an altitude of some 1,500 meters. And you can taste those chalky soils in the texture, which is grainy, tense, penetrating, and surrounded by refreshing red fruit notes and floral tones.”