Dos Puentes, Estate Blend 2013, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This wine is another supporting pillar and proof point of the larger malbec-blend story that will be part of Argentina’s successful wine future.[Read more]
Alamos, Red Blend 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Red blends are an exciting opportunity area for malbec winemakers and something to experiment more with when you find them since this is where creativity at the edge is developing in Mendoza.[Read more]
B Goulart Black Legion, Special Blend – Old Vines 2011, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This wine proves that red blends from Mendoza have the ability to potentially rival the dominance of single-varietal malbec.[Read more]
Hacienda Del Plata, Arriero Reserve Blend, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This red blend doesn’t yet know what it wants to be.
Earthy nose with a light red fruit flavor. On the palate the low-acid wine is not as fruity as its nose suggests and flavor fades towards the back of your tongue.[Read more]
Bodega Elena de Mendoza, Red Blend 2013, Argentina
Tasting Note: A soft expression of grapey malbec typical of the region matches nicely with ruby bonarda which outshines the syrah.[Read more]
Cuvelier Los Andes, Coleccion 2010, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: If “fruity elegant aromas” needed a definition, the nose of this malbec provides ample explanation.
The red fruit in this malbec blend melds together so that no individual one is distinguishable and such that the wine presents as a unique whole. Acid? In perfect balance with the tannin.[Read more]
