The 2015 Patel Malbec is a wine of magnificent maturity, deeply evolved complexity, and the kind of fully developed Napa Valley Malbec character that reveals, with over a decade of graceful bottle evolution behind it, the extraordinary aging potential that the very finest California Malbec from an exceptional vintage can achieve. The 2015 California growing season — one of the most celebrated and heralded of the modern era, delivering red wines of outstanding concentration, natural aromatic completeness, and the structural integrity for remarkable longevity — gave this Patel Malbec an exceptional foundation that has developed with beautiful grace over the intervening years. Now in what is likely its finest and most complete drinking window, the 2015 Patel Malbec has evolved from the lush, exuberant fruit character of its youth into a wine of profound, layered complexity and seamless integration: aromas of dried dark plum, blackberry preserve, cedar, dark chocolate, espresso, warm spice, violet, and a developing earthy complexity of real richness and depth lead to a full-bodied, silky, completely integrated palate with resolved tannins and a finish of extraordinary, lingering satisfaction and length that speaks of genuine Napa Valley Malbec at its most mature and magnificent.