- (51-60) Can not drink
- (61-70) Do not drink, but you can have a sip
- (71-80) Good
- (81-90) Very Good
- (91-95) Excellent
- (96-100) Extraordinary
2005 Luigi Bosca, Bodega Luigi Bosca, Familia Arizu
Mendoza, Argentina
- Color: Red
- Name: Luigi Bosca
- Vineyard: Bodega Luigi Bosca, Familia Arizu
- Type: Malbec
- Origin: Mendoza, Argentina
- Year: 2005
- Price: $17.00
- Rating: 5.0
- Pocho's Pick
- Review: 91 points Wine Spectator "A big, broad-shouldered wine, with muscular layers of black fig, coffee, bittersweet cocoa and dark licorice piled on top of hefty cedar-tinged tannins. A bit of a brute in style, but cellaring should soften its edges enough. Drink now through 2010. 57,000 cases made." With deep ruby red color, this wine displays ripe red berries, spice and black pepper aromas. Its intense initial taste is complemented by the softness and sweetness of its tannins. It is a wine with a great body and structure.
- Comments: 1883. Familia Arizu In the village of Unzue, located in Valdorba, Navarra, Leoncio Arizu was born to Saturnino Arizu and Juana Uriz. The meaning of the family name would be a sign of the importance oak wood would have in his life, as Arizu means "oak grove". In 1890, around the time of the advent of the railroad and electricity, a seven-year-old Leoncio arrived in Argentina and settled in Mendoza, where he was welcomed by his uncle Balbino, already involved in the wine business. The very first vineyards owned by the Arizus, had vines of European origin and were incorporated so that the winery began form Over time, these vines underwent a very slow and lengthy adaptation process to the hard environmental and soil conditions. Many changes and genetic crossings took place, which enhanced their personal and unique character. The Arizus take pride in a tradition that was born more than one hundred years ago; years in which the family worked toward improving their technique and the observation and understanding of nature, thus giving rise to their approach to wine-making. This is also where their commitment to improving vintage after vintage and to better understand those who choose their wines takes root. Luigi Bosca’s future is challenging and is always thinking ahead. Its present is focused on the combination of daily work with the creation of new ideas. This is Bodega Luigi Bosca, this is how the Arizu family was created and this is how their history begins everyday, because their past is always a prologue to their future.