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Bodegas Lopez, 'Casona Lopez' Malbec, 2024

Red Wine from Argentina, Argentina
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Malbec from vines planted in 1915 and 1925 — a century-old fruit source in a category where "old vines" usually means the 1980s. The grapes come from two López family sites, Los Maitenes in Lunlunta (Maipú) and Los Carolinos in Agrelo (Luján de Cuyo), both on shallow, silty-loam alluvial soils in the High Valley of the Mendoza River, where dry summers and cold nights stretch out ripening and keep the aromatics tight. What keeps this from tasting like every other Mendoza Malbec is the cellar: López ages its reds in enormous old French oak casks from Nancy, the traditional vessels of the early 1900s, which season the wine without ever slathering it in vanilla and toast. Fermentation is a straightforward, moderate maceration in stainless steel kept under 25°C, so the fruit arrives clean and unmanipulated. Casona is the most fruit-forward wine in the López range — a nod to the modern from a house that otherwise makes deliberately old-world Argentine reds — and it's a genuinely serious bottle for the money.

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Antonio Galloni

89 points

"The 2024 Malbec Rosé Casona Lopez comes from Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo. It offers appealing cherry aromas, soft herbal notes and good intensity. Rich on the palate, with weight and a hint of alcoholic warmth on the finish, this is a bold Rosé." —Joaquín Hidalgo

More about Bodegas Lopez

Bodegas López is Argentina's great holdout for old-school wine: a Mendoza house that kept aging its reds for years in giant old oak casks while much of the country chased new barrels and big fruit, and has been proven right by time.

José López Rivas, an immigrant from the province of Málaga in southern Spain, founded the bodega in Mendoza in 1898, and it is still run by his family, four generations on. The family calls its approach "El Estilo López." At its heart is a cellar of huge French oak toneles, holding 5,000 to 35,000 liters and many decades old, where reds rest anywhere from months to years before bottling. The big, seasoned wood softens tannin and builds savory complexity without adding oaky flavor.

The range runs from everyday Malbecs like Vasco Viejo, Traful and Casona López to the classic Château Vieux and Montchenot lines, the latter first made in 1956 and released only after a decade of aging in cask and bottle. Expect mellow, savory, traditionally styled reds with real bottle age at prices that are hard to believe, and a fascinating window onto what Argentine wine tasted like before the modern era.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Malbec

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Rich

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled skirt steak with chimichurri, short ribs off the coals, empanadas de carne, lamb with cumin and paprika, or a baked pasta with sausage ragù. It also takes a bit of chile heat in stride.

Tasting Profile

Bright ruby in the glass, with intense red-fruit aromas — cherry and plum — and just a subtle touch of wood behind them. Smooth, almost unctuous tannins rather than grippy ones, and a long finish. Drinking well now, but built to hold for years.

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