Valentin Bianchi, Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Pinot noir lovers at your table would find this malbec of interest.
You might even help them discover a new love of malbec. [Read more]
Valentin Bianchi, Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Pinot noir lovers at your table would find this malbec of interest.
You might even help them discover a new love of malbec. [Read more]
Bodega Elena de Mendoza, Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Feel a malbec grape ripen in real-time on your tongue when you sip this wine.[Read more]
Clos La Coutale 2012, Cahors, AOP, France
Tasting Note: After tasting so many Argentinean malbecs, I’m again reminded how the same grape grown in two different places can express itself so differently.
Try this and taste it for yourself. [Read more]
Trivento Malbec Reserve 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This malbec pleases on multiple notes.
First, the nose. The fruity nose is a pleasure to take in before sipping. [Read more]
Fat Gaucho, Malbec Reserva 2011, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This more malbec you consume, the more you come to experience all the potential subtleties of flavor.
This particular malbec doesn’t disappoint, but it doesn’t impress. [Read more]
Decero, Malbec 2012, Remolinos Vineyard, Agrelo, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Having previously enjoyed a petit verdot from Decero while dining at Azafran in downtown Mendoza, this center stage malbec does not disappoint.
This wine has intense purple color, strawberry taste, strong legs (which I adore), and a chalky aroma that finishes with pleasing acidity on the back of your tongue with red fruit washing away on the tip like a wave receding back into the ocean. [Read more]
Dona Paula, Los Cardos Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Lots of vibrant black fruit in this malbec.
On the attack acidity is felt first on the back of your tongue and the taste subsides to fruit on the tip of your tongue in an unusual back-of-the-mouth to front-of-the-mouth flavor flow. [Read more]
Las Lenas, Malbec 2014, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: A plum bomb.
Fruity with low acidity typical of hot-climate malbec grape growing regions. Straightforward wine with constant taste. One-dimensional, but vibrant in its dimension.[Read more]
Carinae, Malbec 2012, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: This malbec tastes purple.
I wondered why this winery, owned by a cute French couple who run it in mom-and-pop style, seemed so popular when I visited Argentina. Now I taste and understand why it so revered among malbec styles produced in Mendoza.[Read more]
FourBreezes, Malbec 2014, Vista Flores, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
Tasting Note: Perfect for a Monday, this wine isn’t a complex beast.
This malbec is soft and tender with a faint taste of green pepper. Though pleasant it is middle of the pack. [Read more]