Another county heard from in the Golden State – this time from Argentinian proprietors who opt for a savory, pepper driven expression of their homeland’s signature grape, with black fruit and orange zest keeping things lively. The county encompasses Bakersfield and a large swath of the Mojave desert and is not unlike the northern reaches of Argentina like Salta and Cafayete. Nicely done. I’ll alert my Kern County relatives that drinking local is now a possibility!
Los Viajeros Vineyard, Kern County (California) Malbec 2017
By Rich Cook