Clean nose of cherry and other red fruits with a spicy touch and little oak. Balanced yet generous, with grainy tannins that give it a firm structure, it is ready to drink. An honest glass of Malbec at a good price.
This superb-value Malbec serves up a concentrated mix of plum, raisins, violets, smoke, cherry, cocoa and spice. It is rather fullish and ripe, with a hint of sweetness and a long finish. Drink this wine over the next 3 to 4 years, and at this price, a few bottles in the cellar will reward greatly.
This is a big, strapping Chardonnay, straw-coloured with a funky pencil-lead, apple and spicy-oak nose; full-bodied and rich, it delivers well-balanced creamy apple and pear flavours with fresh acidity to give it length.
This blend of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, with lesser amounts of Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, originates from Salentein’s oldest cool-climate high-altitude vineyard in the Valle de Uco. Aged 16 months in French oak barrels, it exhibits characteristic Argentinian Malbec red currant character together with Cabernet Sauvignon’s varietal green herbal, blackcurrant and blackberry notes overlaid with scents of cinnamon, clove and vanilla oak. It is full-bodied, with concentrated sweet, ripe dark fruit, firm but supple tannins and a complex, well-integrated finish.
A buxom, well-priced rosé from the Valle de Tulum. Deep blood-orange/pink colour; cherry-pit nose; full-bodied, dry cherry flavour with a smoky note. Match it with charcuterie.
Dark and vibrant with layers of blackberry, cherry, plum and raspberry, hints of spice, supple tannins and a bright, lingering finish. A blend of Malbec grapes from the higher-elevation Uco Valley, which provides some nice floral notes, and the warmer Luján de Cuyo. A nice match with lamb and bison.
Kaiken is the name of a goose that migrates between Chile and Argentina — which is exactly what winemaker Aurelio Montes does, as he has wineries in both countries. Dense purple-black in colour, it has a nose of sweet blackberries, a chunky mouthfeel and full-bodied flavours of dark chocolate and black fruits.