2013 Luca Malbec Uco Valley

Laura Catena, proprietor of Luca Winery, is a fourth-generation vintner, who also happens to be a Harvard- and Stanford-educated emergency medicine physician. Following the birth of her first child, Luca, she felt compelled to create a legacy of small-production Argentine wines. This Malbec is from fruit grown in the Uco Valley, and is, in typical Luca style, a big, broad-shouldered, structured powerhouse of a wine. The 2012 vintage of Luca was one of our best-selling Malbecs last year, buoyed by a #19 rating on the Wine Spectator Top 100.