Catena Zapata Malbec Mundus Bacillus Terrae Adrianna Vineyard 2015

96 points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): “($340 list; 14.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.4 and acidity of 7.2 grams per liter): Dark, bright ruby. Compellingly high-pitched and pure on the nose, offering scents of boysenberry, bitter chocolate, violet, crushed rock and juniper. Then wonderfully chewy and energetic, conveying outstanding inner-mouth rocky perfume and a distinct whole-cluster pungency to its flavors of boysenberry and bitter chocolate. Really extraordinary intensity without weight, like a top Vosne-Romanée. With its perfectly buffered tannins, great suavity and purity and inexorable slowly mounting finish, this wine struck me as a new dimension for Argentine Malbec. Drink: 2023-2035. (Jul 2018)”

96 points Tim Atkin, MW: “(14.3%). Sourced from a cooler, south-facing site situated at 1,480 metres and planted in 1997, this is the freshest and most mineral of the Catenas’ superb array of Malbecs. Spicy and aromatic, with 50% new oak adding a glossy toasty sheen, this finishes with a chalky flourish. 2020-28. (2018)”