Colome 2022 Autentico Malbec Calchaqui Valley, Argentina

The Colomé 2022 Auténtico Malbec begins in shadow—inky blackberry and sun-dried fig edged by thyme and wildflowers. There’s smoke here too, not from barrel but from stone baked in high desert air. Even before tasting, it feels like a wine born closer to sky than ground.

On the palate, it doesn’t swagger. It drives. Dark fruit pushes forward, tannins grip in long, dry strokes, and a red-dust minerality holds everything taut. The weight is there, but it’s sculpted, more sinew than flesh. You feel both ripeness and restraint—the contradiction of altitude captured in a glass.

That altitude is the story. The fruit comes from Colomé’s vineyards in the Calchaquí Valley, more than 2,300 meters above sea level. Here, sunlight is punishing, skins thicken, flavors intensify—but the nights crash cold, locking in acidity and lift. It’s why the wine can be both massive and agile, why the finish lands clean instead of sweet.

Auténtico is made without oak, a deliberate choice. Fermented in concrete, bottled after ten months of quiet rest, it’s meant to speak only of site and season. No vanillin, no adornment—just Malbec and mountain.

The 2022 vintage leans ripe, but the wine doesn’t lean heavy. It’s all about tension—fruit against stone, warmth against cold air. Each sip feels like landscape, not craft: the gravel, the altitude, the thin mountain light refracted through fruit.

Drink it with flame-seared lamb or charred vegetables, foods that answer its energy. Or open it alone, just to taste what happens when Malbec is stripped back to nothing but place.

Colomé 2022 Auténtico Malbec—raw mountain clarity, fierce and unadorned.