Black is Back !!!

            Sorry Ladies, but today in the room it smells 

TESTOSTERON!

Today, it's about power, it's about black and powerful wines for those who are not afraid of rear and roasted red meat.

Today, it's about concentration, ripeness.

Today, it's about MALBEC ! 

In the right corner the french puncher Château du Cèdre 2011, on the balance 13,5, who is dressed in deep rubis. 

On the left corner, we have the opportunist coming from South America, more precisely in Argentina, his name is Catalpa Malbec old vines 2012. This big 15% alcohol is wearing a black purple color. 

Ready to rumble !!! 

Round 1: Before they broke their own nose, we get some aromas...

Cahors Château du Cèdre 2011: The first nose was highly reductive, so we choose to decant it, then appears a fresh harvest red fruits aromas such as strawberries and rasberries and a hint of smoke ham.

        Catapla Malbec old vines 2012: The first nose was not really expressive but after some swirling it reveals black current, blackberries and a hint of caramel and leather. 

Round 2: Let's try them...

Cahors Château du Cèdre 2011: The attack is surprisinggly fresh, medium body. The final is thirst-quenching. The retro-olfaction demonstrates crush strawberries flavour. 

Catapla Malbec old vines 2012: This one shows the perfect match between the nose and the palet. Round soft tanins in attack shows a full-mouth. It's bit floppy in the end. But this full-body wine remains well-balanced and very soft with a good persistance. 

Round 3: Price and packaging...

Esthetic is always a question of taste. Funny thing, we notice that the two labels show a tree. And, to be really honest we don't choose those two bottles for that. The Cahors label is classic, quite fancy with gold. 

The argentinian wine is more sober, more modern, really easy to read and catch your eye. This purple label reminds the colour of the wine. 

The price is 12,50€ for each wine. 

Who win? 

Who's next? 

You choose!