The 2004 Firmado is also 100% Malbec sourced from 60 year old vines in Lujan de Cuyo. It was aged in new French oak for 15 months. Opaque purple, it has a superb nose of wood smoke, toasty oak, scorched earth, espresso, black cherry, and blackberry liqueur. Super-rich and opulent, this impressive Malbec manages to be elegant and light on its feet at the same time. It hides enough tannin under its blanket of fruit to permit another 6-8 years of evolution in the bottle. Lengthy and pure, it will provide pleasure through 2025. Importers: Bottled Poetry Imports, Addison, TX; tel. (972) 248-8484 and Slocum & Sons, North Haven, CT; tel. (203) 234-6461