Capataz Mendoza Malbec 2012

Darioush, of of Napa's top wineries, has gone south to produce their first ever Malbec from Argentina.  It's a beauty but limited. The name Capataz pays tribute to the team leader in the vineyards of Argentina, and this is a project by Darioush Khaledi who owns Darioush winery is Napa Valley. Darioush came to the USA in the 1970s after having grown up in the Shiraz region of Iran. In 1997 he realized a long term goal of having his own winery, with the opening of his Napa property. The Darioush winery has made a name for itself in a decade and a half with high scores, a gorgeous if not somewhat ostentatious visitors’ center and wines that offer Napa weight with old world sophistication. The Capataz project is the realization of another dream by Darioush, to produce the best Malbec possible by using the best fruit and using the best people available. The same principles that gave his Napa property success are being applied to the Mendoza project. The Capataz project is only a few years old but if the success of the Darioush winery is any indication, then we can expect the Capataz Malbec to follow the same path to a cult status wine.    

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