(2023) A Malbec from Mendoza, made by the family-owned Familia Blanco and aged six months in French oak barrel. The nose has a solidity and meatiness, but does offer a glimpse of Malbec's more floral side. In the mouth lots of sweet, rich and ripe black fruit, plummy verging on raisined. The barrel kicks in with a little toast and chocolate into a moderate finish, where there's a touch of heat from the 14.2% alcohol, but overall it has good balance.