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Product Name: Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec 2006

Varietal Composition: 100% Malbec

Vineyard Locations: Agrelo & Tupungato

Avg. Age of Vines: 16 years

Rootstock: Ungrafted

Harvest Method: Hand-harvested

Oak Regimen: 9 months in 50% 1-year French and 50% 1-year American barriques

Fining: None

Filtration: None

Alcohol: 13.5%

T.A. 5.68

Total Case Production: 9,000 cases

Tasting Notes/Food Pairing Suggestions
The wine has a beautiful reddish/purple color as most good Malbecs do. The aromas are a mix of fresh crushed cherries and toasty/smoky oak—just enough to frame the exuberant fruit. On the palate, the flavors of cherries and spice are obvious, and the jammy fruit quality just keeps coming on strong, with hints of spice lurking in the background. This is a wine that you’ll want to buy by the case because it can be consumed at almost any occasion, whether at a fancy dinner party, or just curled up on the couch in front of a movie. Fun and delicious—what more can you ask for?!

About the Name/Label
Crios means "offspring" (as in children). Susana selected a word to express the notion that these are wines that haven’t quite "grown up" to the same level of quality and maturity as her more expensive Susana Balbo label wines, but they receive the same loving care and attention throughout the winemaking process. The label features a series of three connected and overlapping hands, an image inspired by a Mayan artifact. The three hands represent Susana and her two children.

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