Winemaker Notes
Full, meaty, smoky, and long with black fruits and iron. It’s an excellent value and a great alternative to fine Bordeaux.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This elegant wine with ripe, perfumed tannins and rich structure is produced by Cathy and Daniel Fournié. The texture, smooth wood-aging character and generous black-plum-skin flavors all promise plenty of aging. Drink this wine from 2024. Organic.
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James Suckling
Plums, cherry stones, bark, tobacco and oyster shells on the nose. Full-bodied with firm, well-knit tannins. Compact, smooth and well rounded. From organically grown grapes. Try after 2023.
Celebrated for its bold flavors and supple texture, Malbec has enjoyed runaway success in Argentina since the late 20th century. The grape originated in Bordeaux, France, where it historically contributed color and tannin to blends. A French agronomist, who saw great potential for the variety in Mendoza’s hot, high-altitude landscape, brought Malbec to Argentina in 1868. Somm Secret—If you’re trying to please a crowd, Malbec is generally a safe bet with its combination of dense fruit and soft tannins.
Within the Southwest of France, this is the one region outside of Argentina that is today almost exclusively dependent on Malbec. Locally the variety is called Cot, and makes a dense, earthy and black fruit dominant red wine. Both the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean both have a strong influence on the climate of this region.