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Price: $8 Winery: BEDM Wines, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.6% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10 Is there a varietal that offers as good a value as Malbec? Bodega Elena de Mendoza Malbec 2010 is yet another very inexpensive but totally drinkable red wine from Argentina. It’s very juicy [...]
Zarpado Malbec 2009 Price: $7 Winery: Mendoza Vineyards, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.7% Our Rating: 8.7 out of 10 Malbecs tend to offer some of the better red wine values, but for a mere seven bucks Zarpado Malbec 2009 is an even better value than most. It has [...] New sales data shows tht Malbec is officially the hottest wine export from Argentina: Malbec stood for 40.1% of the volume of bottled wine exports during 2010 (this percentage was 34% in 2009). Except in The Netherlands (Chardonnay) and Paraguay (blend red wines), Malbec was the leader variety in the main 25 destinations, with high [...] Price: $9 Maker: Colores del Sol Wines, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 9.1 out of 10 Malbecs tend to be reliable and inoffensive, even inexpensive ones. Though I didn’t have high expectations for Colores Del Sol Malbec 2008 Reserva at under $10, one taste showed I had [...] The hottest varietal in the U.S. wine market is Malbec, grown in Argentina and known for making red wines that are modest in cost and approachable in flavor. According to recent data from The Nielsen Company, Argentine wines saw a 59.6 percent growth in dollar volume percent change on the U.S. market—by far the [...] Price: $50 Maker: Franciscan Oakville Estate, Rutherford, California Varietal: Red Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14.1 % Our Rating: 8.9 out of 10 We opened our bottle of Franciscan Oakville Estate Magnificat 2003 as a Christmas dinner treat to accompany a standing rib roast. This is [...] Price: $4 Maker: Fecovita, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Malbec (70%), Cabernet Sauvignon (30%) Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 7.5 out of 10 I was really excited by the ridiculously low price of $4 for a Malbec/Cab blend from Argentina, but Toca Diamonte 2004 ended up being a disappointment. (A $4 wine [...] Price: $11 Maker: Bodegas Escorihuela Gascon, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, synthetic cork Alcohol: 14.2% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Gascon Malbec 2006 is packaged with a simple but elegant label and what looks like a composite cork. Its nose is an enticing blend of spice, vanilla, and berries. This Malbec is [...] Price: $16 Maker: Vinalia SA, Mendoza, Argentina Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 3 liter box, pushbutton spigot Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Vaca Morada Malbec is the first new boxed red wine we’ve found in a while, and we’re glad we did. This non-vintage wine (termed a 2006 by the importer) from Argentina has [...] Price: $7 Maker: Prestige Wine Group (importers), Princeton, MN Varietal: Malbec Packaging: 750 ml bottle, artificial cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Malbecs aren’t all that common in the crush of Cabs, Merlots, and Shirazes on the typical shelf, so we couldn’t resist giving Conquista Malbec 2005, a product of the Mendoza, [...] |
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