More About 2019 LAS RUBIAS UCO VALLEY ARGENTINA RED BLEND Every tasting panel has a moment when conversation stops. Glasses hover in midair. Pens go still. The 2019 Las Rubias created that silence. It tastes unmistakably of altitude, fierce Andean sunlight, and cold mountain nights that tighten structure and sharpen focus. Its power is elemental, yet its lines are precise, capturing the Uco Valley’s raw amplitude and rendering it with uncommon precision. That balance is deliberate. Rob Lawson, shaped by years in Napa Valley’s most exacting cellars, brings a discipline forged where nothing is accidental. In the Uco Valley, he doesn’t temper the mountain’s force; he refines it. Cabernet Sauvignon establishes the architectural spine, firm and grounded in cassis and graphite, while Malbec layers in dark fruit and a distinctly Argentine breadth. Together, they move in measured alignment. After twenty-four months in oak, the wine emerges composed and assured. Tannins are polished yet resolute, framing its depth. Elevation lends a vital freshness that keeps the wine lifted, never heavy. It is compelling now, but built for evolution, structured to gain complexity over the next decade while remaining anchored to its mountain-born core.