Variety: Malbec
Region: Uco Valley, Mendoza
Country: Argentina
Year: 2023
Price: $8
Description: This Single Vineyard Malbec was handpicked from the highest altitudes and cool weather of the prestigious Valle de Uco. This exceptional terroir provides this expressive Malbec bold and fresh fruit characters, with hints of spices and floral notes.
Online Review: "The 2023 Specially Selected Uco Valley Malbec opens with aromas of fresh tart black cherry, cranberry and maybe a touch of spice. It's simple, but attractive. Tasting reveals more dark and juicy fruit that is quite tart in the mouth. It doesn't really have a lot more going on than that but it does have good depth and it's nice and dry, so it's still pretty satisfying. It ends with decent length and a little grippiness on the dry finish. It also held up just fine on day 2 where it tasted very similar."
Wine Folly: On page 125, malbecs are loved for their bold fruit flavors and smooth chocolaty finish. Some of its primary tasting notes are blackberry, plum, raspberry, raisin, and licorice.
My Review: Unfortunately, this may be the worst wine I have had so far. The scent was not anything crazy or strong, but not good either. The flavor was almost straight vinegar and very bitter. It quite literally had a hint of fruit flavor. It was pretty dry and not in a good way. It was watery and strong at the same time which was interesting. It was 13.5% so it was not outrageously high but tasted very strong. I would not recommend this to anyone unless they specifically wanted a strong and bitter wine.
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| Here's me with the bottle! |
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