El Porvenir de Cafayate Laborum Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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Parker
Robert
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This all estate, 100% hand harvested Cabernet Sauvignon is from a single vineyard in Cafayate. The nose shows blueberry and blackberry pie coated with powdered vanilla sugar and fig. The palate is nicely balanced with dark fruit and hints of leather and tobacco.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Laborum Cabernet Sauvignon is from the single vineyard mentioned on the label, Finca Río Seco (dry river), and shows good varietal typicity and integrated oak. I sense a change in the profile of the wines, with a lot less oak than in the past. It's nicely textured with the fine varietal tannins.
Other Vintages
2018-
Suckling
James
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Home to some of Argentina’s best Torrontes, the Cafayate Valley’s rugged, high-altitude vineyards are part of the Calchaquies Valley in northwestern Argentina. Here, this Argentine white variety is able to achieve optimal ripeness while maintaining a higher than average acidity; its wines are typically full-bodied, dry to off-dry and alluringly aromatic.
In the Cafayate Valley, summers are warm and while most rainfall happens in these months, it isn’t enough to supply to the vineyards with enough water for the entire year. Snowmelt provides a fresh water source for irrigation in these arid and extreme conditionss.