Zuccardi Malbec Finca Las Cerrilladas Gualtallary 2020

100 points Virginie Boone (JebDunnuck.com): "Blending three parcels brimming in calcareous soils, one with red caliche, one with white caliche, at 4,462-feet elevation, the 2020 Malbec Finca Las Cerrilladas explodes in white pepper and herb, evoking the natural vegetation that grows around the high-altitude site. Giving, lengthy, and complex, it's a remarkably memorable, complex, and intriguing wine that leaves an undeniable impression. Outstanding in every way, it will age 20-30 years with ease. Drink 2025-2055. (05/22/25)."

98 points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Finca Las Cerrilladas has gentler tannins than the 2019; this is different but still very balanced and serious, with the subtle aromas of the wild herbs and flowers, the thyme and rockrose, the grainy tannins and the chalky sensation. This feels every bit as good as the initial 2019. They played with the different plots and found that, in a warmer year like 2020, they used more grapes from plots with pink caliche stone—a formation of dissolved limestone and clay somewhat similar to marl—and less from shallower soils and slopes where they have goblet pruning. It even feels subtler than the 2019... 5,900 bottles were filled in June 2021. Drink 2024-2032. (11/30/22)."

98 points James Suckling: "Graphite, wild herbs, black pepper, grilled thyme and oregano to the black fruit. Lots of blueberries and blackberries on the palate with a remarkable amount of polished tannins. Concentrated, pristine, but complex. Better from 2026. (02/21/23)."

97 points Joaquín Hidalgo (Vinous): "The 2020 Malbec Finca Las Cerrilladas hails from Gualtallary in the Uco Valley. The ripe nose presents plum, sage and other mountain herbs, resulting in a balsamic, reductive aromatic profile. Muscular and fleshy on the palate, the taut, chalky flow and balanced juicy acidity make for a velvety but spare mouthfeel before the long finish of rose and lavender. This nuanced, energetic Malbec gets the best out of a warm vintage. Drink 2023-2035. (06/23)."

95 points Wine Spectator: "A subtly powerful red, this opens with graphite, olive and floral elements and builds on those notes, adding citrus-accented cherry and plum flavors that swell around minerally acidity. Lingers on the finish, with hints of eucalyptus and cassis chiming in around structured, minerally tannins. Drink now through 2035. 500 cases made, 450 cases imported.(11/30/23)."

19/20 points Amanda Barnes MW (JancisRobinson.com): "This is my favourite Finca wine. It is elegant with charming yet subtle layers of mountain herbs, wet chalk and wild lavender. In the palate, there is tightrope acidity which keeps the really powdery chalky tannins in a long line over the lingering finish. This is one of the impressively accomplished yet subtle wines with which Sebastián is redefining Argentine Malbec. Drink 2024-2038. (05/22/24)."