2007 Nico by Luca Malbec Laura Catena

...sourced from 50-year-old vines and aged for 18 months in new French oak. Deep purple in color with legs that coat the glass, it serves up a superb aromatic array of sandalwood, exotic spices, espresso, lavender, black cherry, and black plum. This is followed by a dense, rich, voluminous effort with intense flavors, precision balance, and a lengthy finish...

( just four barrels made) Bright saturated ruby. The nose offers an almost roasted ripeness to the aromas of dark fruits and bitter chocolate. Large-scaled, even massive, with a seamless wave of black fruit, dark chocolate and mocha flavor washing over the palate. An incredibly lush and full wine with broad fine-grained tannins and compellingly rich, deep finishing flavors of dark berries and chocolate...