Library Vintages of Catena Zapata

Four Vintages. One Benchmark Malbec.

Catena Zapata is not just another name in Argentine wine. It is one of the wineries that put Argentine Malbec on the world stage.

On Sunday, we are opening three library vintages of Catena Zapata Malbec side by side: 2009, 2010, and 2011. In addition, we will taste the 2020 vintage to compare the aging process of this amazing wine.

This is the kind of tasting that creates an experience and appreciation for wine and the aging process. You will taste more than a decade of evolution in the glass, compare mature vintages against a younger release, and see why Catena Zapata remains one of the most important names in Mendoza.

These are library wines with age, character, and history.

What We’ll Be Tasting

2009 Catena Zapata Malbec
A mature library vintage with more than fifteen years of bottle age. Expect darker fruit, earth, spice, tobacco, and the kind of complexity that only time can create.

2010 Catena Zapata Malbec
A powerful and elegant vintage that shows why Catena Zapata became a benchmark for world-class Malbec. Rich, structured, and layered.

2011 Catena Zapata Malbec
A chance to taste how vintage variation changes the same great wine. With more than a decade of age, this bottle should show softer edges, savory notes, and mature depth.

2020 Catena Zapata Malbec
The youngest wine in the lineup and a look at the modern expression of Catena Zapata. Expect vibrant dark fruit, violet, spice, minerality, and polished structure.

Jim’s Notes

This is exactly the type of tasting The Cellars should be doing.

Catena Zapata is the backbone of Argentine Malbec. If you want to understand why Malbec became one of the great wines of the world, this is where the conversation starts.

What makes this tasting special is the vertical format. Drinking one great bottle is enjoyable. Tasting four vintages side by side teaches you something. You see how wine ages, how vintages differ, and why collectors desire bottles like these.

In the Cellars, my goal is to find the bottles that change our minds. This isn’t about tasting wine; this is about experiencing the history and process of the wine we drink.

This is a limited library vertical tasting featuring four vintages of one of Argentina’s most important wineries.

Seats are limited, no refunds as a result. There will be 3-bottle wood boxes of the 2009, 10, 11 vertical available for purchase after the tasting.