Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon (here a 65/35 blend) can play exceptionally well together when carefully blended, and this...
Animal, Mendoza (Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
This is an interesting wine in that it is somewhat different from the standard Cabernet, but that difference doesn’t...
DiamAndes, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec – Syrah 2020
The A & M Bonnie family has expanded from their homebase at Château Malartic Lagravière, a leading estate...
Trapiche, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2018
Trapiche has the luxury of selecting from over 200 different vineyards to produce their single vineyard wines. In...
Trapiche, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
What’s fascinating to me is how much more interesting Trapiche’s single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is...
DiamAndes, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Chardonnay 2022
Oh no, another South American Chardonnay. Well, it turns out that DiamAndes’ is not just another South...
Finca Ferrer, Gualtallary, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2019
The fruit for this Malbec was sourced from a specific block at 1310 meters above sea level (approximately 4300...
Durigutti, Luján de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2019
The label looks like a playful shipping or instructional graphic, but the wine inside is solid. Good intensity of...
Tapiz, San Pablo, Uco Valley (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2019
Jean Claude Berrouet, the former winemaker at Château Pétrus and other Moueix estates, consults at Tapiz,...
Tapiz, San Pablo, Uco Valley (Mendoza, Argentina) 2017
Sometimes just smelling a wine lets you know how great it will be. This is such a wine. Jean Claude Berrouet, who...
Zolo, Luján de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Patricia Ortiz, who owns Zolo, emphasizes the importance of estate grown fruit, which gives them complete control over...
Marcelo Pelleriti, Valle de Uco (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2021
In the six or so wines I have recently tasted from Pelleriti, I have been struck by the consistency and almost-standard...