Orfila, Uco Valley (Mendoza, Argentina) Malbec 2018

 The Malbec grapes that go into this wine are sourced from vineyards planted at an elevation of 3,200 feet in Luján de Cuyo, a growing region named after small town on the outskirts of Mendoza in the foothills of Argentina’s Andes Mountains.  The region’s high elevation plus its clay and gravel alluvial soils and long growing season (250 sunny days per year) are excellent conditions for growing grapes.  The fruit that went into Orfila’s Reserva Malbec are emblematic of the richly colored, profoundly aromatic and deeply flavored wines for the region is known.