Catena Zapata Fortuna Terrae Adrianna Vineyard Malbec 2020

The 2020 Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae shows exceptionally well. It’s still young and juicy with some baby fat that should get rendered with some more time in bottle. It’s a little lighter, and the tannins gave it grip and a chalky limestone sensation. But the wine is very expressive, with purity, clean and precise and not showing any signs of coming from a warmer year like 2020. It finishes with the telltale violets from the great Malbec grape coated by chalky minerality. This plot behaves well in warmer years like this one. It was bottled in October 2021. Drink date: 2024-2032. Score – 98. (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, Nov. 30, 2022)