2020 Cameron Hughes 'Lot 860' Malbec

A Wonderful Bordeaux-style Malbec Expression! Perfectly dark on the pour with an almost impenetrable core, the nose is alive with red-to-black fruit, cocoa powder, and sweet tobacco. The entry is supple, moving gracefully from dark fruits to earthy qualities and back again effortlessly over medium acidity and small, velvety tannins. The finish is dry with great length for a Malbec, barrel-kissed, and uplifted by wild iris and crushed violets that carry on, and on. This is steak Malbec. When we went to source Lot 860 for our program – the spiritual successor to Lot 540 – we were presented with the opportunity to taste some additional wines that could possibly be added in to augment the juice, most notably some Petite Sirah (which became Lot 861) and some Malbec. Both were identified by our in-house team as awesome expressions, and as they say, the rest is history! Lot 860 is as equally nurtured by our Napa team and barrel program as its sister wines and showcases a more Bordelaise