Jardin de Hormigas `Meteora` Malbec 2021
Valle de Uco
Argentina, Argentina
Regular price£225.53
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Arriving: In Stock
| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2025 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 100% Malbec | |
Critic scores
97 RP, 95 VM, 96 JS, 17.5 JR
Critic reviews
"The 2021 Jardín de Hormigas Meteora leads with a crystalline, detailed and increasingly complex nose centering around blackberries, violets, lavender and graphite aromas. The palate exudes the seamless, weightless intensity that defines the range, beautifully balancing density and levity with an elegantly taught core. It finishes with a juicy, tense and focused finish that combines pleasing saturation with spry energy and mineral-laced nuances. With aeration, this wine continuously adds layers, depth and aromatic lift, making for an effortless and finessed expression of Paraje Altamira."
Matthew Luczy, May 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Malbec Jardin de Hormigas Meteora originates from Paraje Altamira and was aged for 12 months in concrete vessels. Purple in hue. The subtle, nuanced nose features violet, sage and fennel notes alongside plum and blackberry. It has a dry, lean, chalky texture with an athletic, focused profile in which the energy and mouthfeel enhance the light-footed character. The 2021 is a modern, beautifully sculpted red."
Joaquin Hidalgo, June 2023, Vinous.com
"This is a new wine from a single parcel with spicy mineral, white pepper, blackberry and bark notes. Medium-bodied with firm, open, crunchy tannins that are fine grained. Made and aged in concrete. No wood. Drink now."
James Suckling, February 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"Dark purplish crimson. Dark-red and black-fruited and both lightly floral and stony in aroma – so much pure fruit and very expressive yet not overly sweet-smelling. The stony quality enhanced by the concrete tanks, I think. Incredibly fine tannins, not silky but like many layers of tissue paper. Extreme elegance and fruit purity, with the freshness of the vineyard site. Elegant, not at all showy, but with great persistence and a deliciously dry finish. Beautiful wine with tannic finesse. Worth every penny/cent. GV even though it is not inexpensive. A wine that would please those who seek fruit and those who prefer elegance – a fine balancing act. "
Julia Harding, November 2023, JancisRobinson.com
Matthew Luczy, May 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Malbec Jardin de Hormigas Meteora originates from Paraje Altamira and was aged for 12 months in concrete vessels. Purple in hue. The subtle, nuanced nose features violet, sage and fennel notes alongside plum and blackberry. It has a dry, lean, chalky texture with an athletic, focused profile in which the energy and mouthfeel enhance the light-footed character. The 2021 is a modern, beautifully sculpted red."
Joaquin Hidalgo, June 2023, Vinous.com
"This is a new wine from a single parcel with spicy mineral, white pepper, blackberry and bark notes. Medium-bodied with firm, open, crunchy tannins that are fine grained. Made and aged in concrete. No wood. Drink now."
James Suckling, February 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"Dark purplish crimson. Dark-red and black-fruited and both lightly floral and stony in aroma – so much pure fruit and very expressive yet not overly sweet-smelling. The stony quality enhanced by the concrete tanks, I think. Incredibly fine tannins, not silky but like many layers of tissue paper. Extreme elegance and fruit purity, with the freshness of the vineyard site. Elegant, not at all showy, but with great persistence and a deliciously dry finish. Beautiful wine with tannic finesse. Worth every penny/cent. GV even though it is not inexpensive. A wine that would please those who seek fruit and those who prefer elegance – a fine balancing act. "
Julia Harding, November 2023, JancisRobinson.com
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