Don Miguel Gascon, Mendoza (Argentina) Malbec 2018

 I’ve tasted many vintages of this wine, but none for a couple of years now, and am delighted to see how good the 2018 is.  To my taste, so many Malbecs from Mendoza are just overstuffed by too much of everything — too much fruit, wood, ripeness, sun — everything.  By contrast, this is a foursquare wine with lots of — one delicious flavor.  Beautiful dark berry fruit is pure and intense, but not unrelenting, and this will prove to be a great sipper or a wonderful partner for almost any red meat dish.  A Platinum Award winner at the 2021 Critics Challenge International Wine and Spirits Competition.