This wine is slowly working its way to US availability, and it’s worth the wait. Enticing black cherry and blackberry fruit aromas are joined by notes of cigar and wildflowers, and the palate adds a savory meaty note to the fruit and spice profile. Food friendly acidity and soft tannins make this a fine foil for beef or lamb-based dishes – I’m going for a salted and seared New York Strip.
Hoffmann Vineyards, Mendoza (Argentina) Malbec 2017
By Rich Cook