This is perfumed with spicy violet and truffle notes, which fold over on the palate and join juicy plum and black currant accents. Features a refined frame that turns more muscular on the finish, which boasts spiced vanilla bean. Drink now through 2030. 1,064 cases made, 142 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Argentina / Mendoza / Agrelo Select to Add

The Agrelo single-vineyard 2018 Malbec Serenade is from vines planted in 1935. It feels quite classical—ripe at 15% alcohol and generously oaked after maturing in 225- and 600-liter French barriques, 66% of them new, for one year. They are moving to larger barrels and reducing the new oak, just to support the structure. This wine (and the rest of the single-vineyard reds) is not oaky at all; this is floral and aromatic, typical Agrelo. This is very open and balanced, with a round palate and round tannins. The deep gravels need old vines to deliver this quality. This has to be the finest Serenade to date. I look forward to the 2019, which I think aged exclusively in 600-liter barrels from a cooler year. 6,386 bottles were filled in March 2020.

Vibrantly plush and well-spiced flavors of dark currant, soy and beef carpaccio are backed by firm acidity and tannins. Intense chocolate nib notes midpalate lead to a long and spicy finish. Drink now through 2026. 658 cases made, 130 cases imported.??–KM??Region: Argentina / Mendoza / Agrelo Select to Add

The very classical 2017 Malbec Serenade was produced with fruit from a single-vineyard in Agrelo and presents abundant notes of ripe berries, sweet spices and tobacco. It feels complex and with developed aromas, open and expressive, with round and polished tannins, ripe but with freshness and without any excess. It comes from very old vines, a massal selection planted in 1935 at 1,050 meters above sea level. It has nice complexity and nuance, and with time, it even developed some citrus notes reminiscent of orange peel, denoting that freshness I mentioned. It matured in 225- and 600-liter French oak barrels for one year before it was bottled in February 2019. This is a low-yielding year with beautiful structure and good ripeness. Agrelo is a little cooler than Las Compuertas, and the wine doesn't have the structure of Alizarine. 3,952 bottles produced.

Well-structured and powerful, with lithe minerality and smoky hints to the raspberry, dried cherry and pomegranate flavors. Fleshy tannins show on the spicy finish. Drink now through 2024. 567 cases made, 150 cases imported.??–KM??Region: Argentina / Mendoza / Agrelo Select to Add