Alta Vista Atemporal Blend 2017

94 POINTS Jamessuckling.com 91 POINTS Wine Advocate Atemporal means “timeless”. Alta Vista's French heritage-inspired this site-specific blend of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot. The red blend 2017 Atemporal was 53% Malbec, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Petit Verdot, a blend that changes with the vintage, but it's always produced with fruit from their vineyard in Vista Flores. It fermented in concrete vats and matured in 50/50 second and third-use oak barrels for 12 months. In the nose, complex due to its three vines. Notes of violet, pepper, cinnamon, and licorice. In the mouth, it is a balanced combination: The silkiness of the Malbec, the structure and power of the Cabernet Sauvignon, and the intensity of the Petit Verdot that integrates this assemblage. A complex and persistent wine.