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title: 2018 Scarline Malbec
date: 2026-06-23T03:56:00-07:00
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![Scarline Malbec](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/bottleShots/_640x2133_crop_center-center_82_line/OUTSHINERY-SingleBarrel-Malbec-Scarline-2018-rev.png)  [ $55/Bottle | Buy Now ](https://shop.avalle.us/product/2018-single-barrel-scarline-malbec) 

 

 

   The 2018 Single Barrel Scarline Malbec was crafted exclusively from the Scarline vineyard in the Columbia Valley AVA. Farmed using sustainable practices, the vines were limited to one or two clusters per shoot to create maximum concentration in each cluster. They were hand-harvested in the early fall mornings.

Upon arriving at the winery, each cluster was hand-sorted, berry-sorted, and fermented. Using only the free-run wine, it was moved to custom French oak barrels (67% new) for 56 months of cellaring. Only 3 barrels were bottled, unfined and unfiltered, producing only 70 cases.

Tasting Notes

Incredibly dense and dark in the glass with aromas of decadent blueberry dessert, vanilla bean, blackberry, and forest floor. The full-throttle palate evokes ripe blue and black fruits, citrus peel, mulling spices, and cigar wrapper. This rich and yet vibrant wine has a silky, textural finish of spice cake, fig, herbs, and leather.

 

 

   ![Scarline Malbec](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/bottleShots/_640x2133_crop_center-center_82_line/OUTSHINERY-SingleBarrel-Malbec-Scarline-2018-rev.png)  [ $55/Bottle | Buy Now ](https://shop.avalle.us/product/2018-single-barrel-scarline-malbec) 

 

 

Varietal Composition

100% Malbec

 

Vinification

The fruit was fully destemmed and fermented entirely in concrete to maximize the texture of this stunningly aromatic site. The wine was then aged in 67% new French oak to provide a foundation for the sites natural fruit sweetness and silky texture to shine while not overpowering its sultry aromatics. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

 

Labeled Appellation

Royal Slope

 

Alcohol

15.1%

 

Cases Produced

73

 

Drinkability

Now - 2037

 

Trade Materials

- [ Bottle Shot  ](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/wineTradeAssets/OUTSHINERY-SingleBarrel-Malbec-Scarline-2018-rev.jpg)
- [ Front Label  ](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/wineTradeAssets/T18SVSL-MB_OTHER.jpg)
- [ Back Label  ](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/wineTradeAssets/T18SVSL-MB_BRAND.jpg)
- [ Tech Sheet  ](https://mercer.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/singleBarrel/wineTradeAssets/2018-Single-Barrel-Scarline-Malbec-Tech-Sheet.pdf)
 
 

 

 

 

  

 Past Vintages

##  Explore the Scarline Malbec Vintages 

- [2019](https://mwe-singlebarrel.transom.dev/wines/malbec/scarline-malbec/2019-scarline-malbec)
- 2018
 
 

  

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