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Product Name: Susana Balbo Brioso 2005

Vintage: 2005

Varietal Composition: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cab Franc

Vineyard Locations: Agrelo, Tupungato

Avg. Vineyard Elev.: 3,300 feet

Avg. Age of Vines: 26 years

Rootstock: Ungrafted

Harvest Method: Hand-harvested

Special Handling: Pumped over & delestage 3 x daily; extended maceration for 30 days

Oak Regimen: 14 months in 100% new French barriques

Fining: None

Filtration: None

Alcohol: 14.0%

T.A. 5.74

Total Case Production: 350 cases (6-packs)

 

Tasting Notes/Food Pairing Suggestions
Deep, brooding and intense garnet color with deep aromas of black currants framed by light French oak. Big lush, and concentrated with a core of red and black currant fruit. It has a range of layered flavors including dark choclate, tobacco, and cedar leading in to a long finish. Big and refined all at the same time. It will drink well now with a nice meal, but should improve over the next 5 years. Pairs well with Pairs well with beef, pork, lamb, squab, quail and duck.

About the Name/Label
The label features figurines from a silver Huarpe Indian necklace that Susana owns. The figures represent women’s reproductive role as the connection between the past, present, and future. She considers her role as winemaker to be the connection between the vineyards (past), the winemaking (present), and the finished wines (future). Brioso means "tenacity or strength of spirit", and it is the adjective most often used by Susana’s close friends to describe both herself and her passion for make great wines.

 

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