Deep cherry red in colour, with a maroon meniscus. Its intense and powerful aroma reminds of red fruits and displays some spicy notes. In the mouth it is round, meaty, well structured and balsamic. Its acidity is very fresh. Tannins are sweet. Excellent balance, great palate and long after-taste. Finca Malaveïna sports the marked personality of the vineyard where it was born, and has a long ageing potential.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 90 points(01/06/2009)
The 2006 Finca Malaveïna is 50% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, and 15% Garnacha sourced from a single vineyard and aged 14 months in French oak. Purple in color, the nose exhibits spice box, sandalwood, graphite, black currant, and cassis. Bordeaux-like on the palate, it has a firm structure, layered flavors, plenty of spicy red and black fruit, and 3-5 years of aging potential. Drink it from 2013 to 2021.
The wine production in el Castillo Perelada is already documented in the Middle Ages, as it is testified by several documents and parchments of the epoch remaining in the library. When Michael Mateu bought this monumental set in 1923 one of his principal aims was the revitalización of this wine... tradition, a tradition that today is stronger than ever before and which has incorporated the most modern technology to elaborate wines which get its best from the soil nuances and Emporda´s vineyards. In Peralada, Michael Mateu Pla discovered and got mad about the wine world and where the winery decided to establish Castillo Perelada, recovering a secular tradition that goes back to the 14th century. Later on, his son-in-law, Arturo Suqué, took over the family business that today leads the grandson of Don Michael, Javier Suqué Mateu. In a small area of land, the Empordà concentrates a very rare variety of soils.The wine production in the Castle Perelada is already documented from the Middle Ages, as it is testified by several documents and parchments of the epoch remaining in the library. When Michael Mateu bought this monumental set in 1923 one of his principal aims it was the revitalización of this wine tradition, a tradition that today is stronger than ever before and that has incorporated the most modern technology to elaborate a few wines which get its best from the soil nuances and Emporda´s vineyards. In Peralada, Michael Mateu Pla discovered and got mad about the world of the wine and where the winery decided to establish Castillo Perelada, recovering a secular tradition that goes back to the 14th century. Later on, his son-in-law, Arturo Suqué, was taking the relief of a family business that today leads the grandson of Don Michael, Javier Suqué Mateu. In a small area of land, the Empordà concentrates a very rare variety of soils. Hillsides of slate, valleys of sand. Sediments of fluvial origin, rich lands in slimes and clays, soils of gravel … Lands which have seen how different civilizations were cultivating the art of the wine. This heterogeneity of the lands in which its vineyards grow allowing to Castillo Perelada to obtain grapes with the most ample range of shades...
