“Powerfully fresh and focused, with concentrated dark currant, plum and raspberry flavors that are supported by firm acidity and tannins. Minerally cut midpalate lead to a pure and lithe-tasting finish.”
— Wine Spectator, Dec 2021

“The 2018 Malbec Catena Zapata Nicasia Vineyard, from a vineyard planted in Altamira in 1996 from an old massal selection, has contained ripeness, reflecting the less warm vintage (after 2017). The grapes were picked very early but with good ripeness because of the low yields in a very dry year. It fermented in open-top barrels with 100% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in 500-liter oak barrels. It’s a balanced and elegant Malbec with some restraint and a very fine thread in the palate, with really fine tannins. It follows the path of the phenomenal 2017, fine and elegant.”
— Wine Advocate, Mar 2021