Red

Keating Malbec (Rockpile)

Rockpile · Sonoma · United States

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churrasco · carne assada · costela · carnes grelhadas

201286 pts

This is a thick and burly version of the variety from a rocky, high-elevation appellation well known for Zinfandel. Leathery tar overlaps with herbal, vegetal elements before a bittersweet finish.
201191 pts

There's considerable earthiness to the nose of this Malbec, grown in Zin-heavy Rockpile. Soft and wrapped in cinnamon spice, its sizable tannins are offset by just enough acidity to keep the wine mouthwatering and mellowed.
200891 pts

What a delicious barbecue wine. It shows Malbec's thick, sturdy tannins and California's ripe, sweet fruit, in the way of blackberries, cassis and blueberries, with a savory streak of espresso. But it's totally dry on the finish. Shows how well the Rockpile appellation ripens th…
200688 pts

Easy to mistake this for a Zinfandel, it's so peppery and wild in brambly flavors. Full-bodied and hard in dry, dusty tannins, it displays mulberries, plums, loganberries, blackberries and cola, and is bone dry. Good now with charbroiled steaks and chops.