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Made by two legends of Mendoza--Jose Galante (Catena) and Mariano di Paola (Rutini)--this Malbec hints at coffee and dried sour cherries, with high notes of strawberries, spices and leather over a thick cushion of tannins. Deliciously juicy.
Most distinguished and celebrated from Argentina’s Mendoza, Malbec has seen runaway success since the early 2000s. Mendoza’s agreeable, continental climate with hot, dry summers and cold snowy winters allows the perfect conditions for growing outstanding Malbec. This grape is easy to like for its lusty, deep flavors and aromas of blackberry, plum, red cherry, autumn spice and tilled earth. It’s easy to find delicious, fruit-driven, affordable everyday examples and in prices beyond, quite exceptional ones with dense, supple textures that make them capable of aging.