Proemio, Maipú-Mendoza (Argentina) Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

With bold, concentrated fruit flavors, this Cabernet is overall nicely balanced.  It has been aged for 12 months in French oak barrels, but happily the oak stays in the background, where it belongs, adding a touch of spice and some textural heft without slamming the palate with distracting oakiness.  As any good Argentine Cabernet should be, this one is excellent with steak or duck breast, but I also had it with pork belly recently and it was just perfect, with the fruit highlighting the “porkiness” of the meat while the tannins and acidic balance tempered its rich fattiness.