Pascual Toso, Mendoza (Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

 Connoisseurs generally look to Argentina for high quality value wines.  There’s plenty of that to go around, but a growing number of vintners in Argentina aspire to compete with the finest wines in the world, as they should given the remarkable vineyards at their disposal.  Pascual Toso’s 2016 Finca Pedregal, 80 percent Cabernet and 20 percent Malbec, is an impressive achievement.  Richly layered with dark fruits, a note of graphite and smooth, beautifully integrated tannins, it is one of the finest red wines in the world, let alone Argentina.