Viña Cobos Malbec 2019

A compact and polished Cobos with lots of dark fruit, as well as green olives, flowers and stems. Raspberries and forest fruit, too. Full-bodied, very tight and compressed. Melted tannins give great presence and mouth-feel, but the feeling is that they are invisible. It goes on for minutes. Sensational. So sophisticated and thoughtful. An archetypal malbec from Argentina. Better after 2027. [This has the potential to drink into early 2040s, if not beyond.] Score – 100. (jamessuckling.com, Dec. 28, 2022)