Zuccardi Finca Canal Uco 2021 Uco Valley

Matthew Luczy, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate  
96/100 punten
The 2021 Finca Canal Uco leads with a wonderfully pure, deep core of black and purple fruits with savory, tar-like accents and lifted herbal, underbrush-tinged top notes. The palate is generous and lush yet balanced with an alluring, deft gracefulness that straddles burly, bramble-laden fruits with deep concentration and no excess weight. The finish is charred and smoke-driven, marrying strident, persistent and gently chewy tannins with focused, energetic acidity and cascading length. A beautiful combination of ripe fruits, burly structure and poise, this could use a year or two in the cellar to further integrate its tannin structure, but I suspect it will be fascinating to keep track of over the following decade.

James Suckling
96/100 punten
Blackberry, blueberry, bark, earth and dark mushroom aromas. Some spices and mountain herbs. Touches of cement. Medium-bodied with a real depth of fruit. Density and power at the end. It takes you deep in the center palate. Tannins are well assimilated and polished. No wood. Made in cement. Give it three to four years to open and come together.

Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
96/100 punten
Intensely expressive and intensely floral aromatically, this is very vertical and aerial too. Parfumier’s essences of lilac and wild rosemary. Gracious and glowing, elegant and very fluid, a lovely wide and ample mouthful of fresh fruit juice pushing at the cheeks. Saline, with liquorice notes building towards the pleasingly sustained finish. Sapid.

The Wine Spectator
95/100 punten
Savory opening elements of river mint, fresh cardamom and chalk foreshadow what's to come in this structured red. Abundant mineral acidity lends tension to concentrated wild berry flavors, while the opening notes circle back and add bitter cocoa details on the long, slightly grippy finish. This wine could benefit from a couple of years to find its peak drinking window. Best from 2026 through 2040. 500 cases made, 450 cases imported.

Jane Anson
94/100 punten
An unusual style of Argentine Malbec and one that I thoroughly recommend, and often end up reaching for at home. Intense dark ruby in colour, fragrant violet aromatics, with cocoa bean and damson fruits, this is caressing and full of charm, takes a beat before the smoky grilled herbs kick in, never strays into overly sweet territory, maintaining definition and backbone. Sebastian Zuccardi winemaker and owner. Concrete vats for fermentation and ageing, natural yeasts, vineyard set at 1,100m in altitude on granite and limestone soils.

Tim Atkin
96/100 punten