Carlos Basso "Dos Fincas" Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec

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Typically $15/bottle from Bodega Amalia
Vintage 2019 from Mendoza, Argentina
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About Bodega Amalia: “In 1935, Carlos Basso, together with his brother Tulio, purchased the ‘Santa Ana’ winery, eventually turning it into one of Argentina’s largest premium brands. Seeking to simplify their lives and once again become involved in small production winemaking, the family sold ‘Santa Ana’ in 1996. Using the profits from this sale the Basso’s purchased and remodeled a small winery in Carrodilla, Mendoza the following year. Inside this space the Vina Amalia winery was born. The winery uses 100% estate fruit, with two vineyards in Mendoza’s Uco Valley. Carlos and his son Adolfo run the day to day operations of the winery.”

The Finca

TASTING NOTES: “Excellent quality price ratio. Shows jammy berry aromas backed by plump black berry and strawberry flavors. Solid and flush throughout with surprising softness.

The use of two separate vineyards in Argentina is a traditional practice to safeguard against the threat of hail. For the Basso family, it also allows them to make a more interesting blend by combining the attributes of two distinct microclimates. The dark, powerful fruit from their vineyard in San Carlos, matched with the softer, more nuanced fruit from their vineyard in Tunuyan makes for a memorable wine.“ (AbV 14.0%, pH 3.8, TA 5.18 g/L, RS 1.39 g/L)

VARIETALS: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Malbec

BARRELS: 9 months in stave-studded concrete tanks.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

THAT REMINDS ME OF: The Thinker, or Le Penseur.

While iconic, did you know that The Thinker is originally part of a much large sculpture? In fact, the standalone statues you are likely familiar with are all casts of it taken from its original context.

Auguste Rodin was commissioned to create a massive sculpture, and boy did he deliver, although he worked on it for over 30 years. This piece was supposed to be the entrance to a museum, but the museum would never be built. Rodin was given freedom to determine its theme, and he chose The Gates of Hell. Based on Dante’s Inferno, the massive doorway has 180 figures of varying sizes depicting Dante’s movement through Hell. Just above the doors, on his rock, sits The Thinker. Or as Rodin conceived him, The Poet. Whether this is supposed to be a different version of Dante or the “artist” contemplating the creation around him, we don’t know.

Rodin used the French wrestler Jean Baud as his model, which is why he looks pretty ripped for such a contemplative figure.

Carlos Basso "Dos Fincas" Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec

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