Chanarmuyo Reserve Tannat 2005

Over the last 15 years, Argentina has become a major force in quality wine production, they have combined local and imported grape varieties and they completely transformed and adopted them to their respective terroir. This is from the region of La Rioja from a single vineyard estate situated at 1700m above sea level, you really couldn't get much better terroir than this for the production of both red and white wine. Tannat which is a grape variety originally planted in Bordeaux, produces outstanding full bodied wines. At the moment the 2005 is showing a lot of dark berry fruits with enormous minerality, broad, expressive and very persistent on the finish. Ideal with BBQ meats especially beef. Drink now or over the next 3-5 years.