High Note was created through a partnership between Click Wine Group, a Seattle-based importer, and Vista del Sur winery in Argentina. The name of this wine caught my eye because I often think about the aromas and flavors in wine like musical notes. But I don’t think that’s how they came up with the name, […]
Like many wine producers, Alamos produces a couple different tiers of their wines. I’ve previously reviewed their entry-level Malbec, which was pretty good. This bottle, branded Alamos Selección, is the higher-tier Malbec from Alamos. And while it’s at the high end of wines produced under the Alamos brand, these wines are part of the Catena […]
Founded in 1885 by Italian immigrant Felipe Rutini, Rutini Wines is one of the oldest wineries in Argentina. They currently have 255 hectares of vineyards in five different parts of Mendoza, Argentina. The grapes for this Malbec come from 9 year old vineyards in the Vistalba region, about 3,000 feet above sea level. The grapes […]
Our series on Malbec continues today with a look at a very good Malbec from a French winemaker who relocated to Argentina. Jean Bousquet began his winemaking career in Carcassonne, France, where he spent over 20 years honing his craft. In 1990 he first became familiar with the vineyards of Mendoza, Argentina and in 1997 […]
Sometimes I search and search, but can’t find any background info on a wine to share with you all. I combed through the results on my favorite wine search engine, Able Grape, and there was nothing enlightening to be found. Even the website listed on the bottle doesn’t seem to be working. All I have […]
I picked up this particular Malbec on a whim one day. I hadn’t seen it before and had never actually heard of it, but for some reason I decided to give it a shot, and I’m glad I did. The grapes in the Gouguenheim Malbec were grown in El Vallo Escondido, in the Tupungato Valley, […]
We taste a lot of different wines for this website and thanks to advances in the technology of winemaking over the past 20 years, we don’t come across a lot of total clunkers. There are plenty of wines that aren’t great, plenty that could be better… but most wines we come across don’t have me […]
Not so long ago, we reviewed the Alamos Chardonnay and now we’re taking another look at Alamos for their Malbec. Check out the Chardonnay review for a little background on Alamos, as I’m going keep this review short and get right to the wine. The 2008 Alamos Malbec isn’t 100% Malbec. There is a little […]
I’ve been sitting on a stack of Malbec reviews for a while, waiting to get enough done to do a good series on Malbec and it’s time to finally start posting them. Although, I’m sure I’ll break up the series with a couple other extraneous reviews I have in the works. Malbec, an inky, dark […]
Continuing with the Chardonnay series, today we’re checking out an Argentine Chardonnay from Alamos, a value wine label produced by Bodega Catena Zapata in Argentina. Catena Zapata has its roots in Argentine winemaking going back to 1902, when Nicola Catena planted his first Malbec vines. The winery faced many challenges and changes over the years, […]
