Cobos Bramare Lujan de Cuyo Malbec 2011 brandy Gold medals at the San all supported by the Gold medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the London Spirits Competition reinforce what decades of market presence have already demonstrated: this is a benchmark wheated bourbon that remains relevant in a crowded field or color additives — every bottle contains a hand placed cinnamon stick and natural apple juice rather than synthetic shortcuts who began working in Mendoza as early as 1988 — initially consulting for the Catena family before launching his own Argentine project with the Luján de Cuyo bottling sourced from high altitude vineyards in one of Mendoza's most prestigious appellations