With additions of Tannat and Merlot to the 75% Malbec, this is the main wine from the estate of Jean-Luc Baldes. It is powerful, dark and dense, a proper tribute to the Malbec grape, with its dry tannins at the center of the black fig, spice and bitter coffee flavors. Worth aging for 2-3 years, but drinkable now with rich food.——R.V.(2/1/2010)—— 90