"So a man walks into a fortune teller. He tells the woman he has a bottle of Cuvelier Los Andes Coleccion 2005 ($$-$$$) and doesn't know what it tastes like. 'I want to know if I should open it,' he asks. The fortune teller tells him the wine is fruit heavy and oak influenced. 'You're a fake!' he exclaims."
Get it? Get it?? Okay, maybe not. Cuvelier Los Andes is another wine produced with the help of Michel Rolland, and all his wines are fruit-forward and oak-influenced. (Awful joke, I know.)
Earlier in the week, I told you about Clos de los Siete, another Michel Rolland creation, and it's seven producers from seven vineyards. This wine is another one, this time specifically from Bertrand and Jean-Guy Cuvelier's Mendoza vineyard. These boys are known for otherwise radical ideas, for example using grapes from vines only 3 years old.
This wine is a super dark ruby color. The nose is bold, with scents of blueberries and dried plums. The mouthfeel is smooth, with grainy tannins you can almost feel. The taste is more blueberries and black cherries and wood. If this wine were a tad more complex, it could change your life, but it is still an amazing wine that you must try.
Buy two bottles, because you'll want to open both of them.
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