Argentina
Argentine Wine
Argentina makes wine at altitude. The vineyards run along the eastern side of the Andes, and the good ones are high — 900 to 1,500 metres in Mendoza, and above 2,000 in Salta — where the thin air is hot by day and cold by night, and the rainfall is close to nil.
The regions and grapes
Malbec is the national red, and Mendoza is where it is grown. Within Mendoza, the sub-regions matter more than the province name: Uco Valley and Luján de Cuyo are the two to look for, both higher and cooler than the plain. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Bonarda follow behind. In white, Torrontés — aromatic, dry, mostly from Salta — is Argentina's own.
What to expect
Malbec is dark, soft in tannin and generous with fruit, which is why it converts people who find Bordeaux austere. The altitude wines are the more interesting half of the category: cooler nights hold acidity, so a high-site Uco Valley Malbec has structure that a supermarket bottle does not. Argentina remains one of the best value-per-dollar sources of serious red wine on the list.
Serving
Malbec at 16–18°C. Torrontés at 9–11°C, and drink it young — it is an aromatic wine and the aromatics fade.
Filters
Bodegas Benegas Cabernet Franc 2021 (1x75cl)
Bodegas Benegas Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (1x75cl)
Bodegas Benegas Estate Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (1x150cl)
Bodegas Benegas Estate Single Vineyard Malbec 2018 (1x150cl)
Bodegas Benegas Estate Single Vineyard Malbec 2019 (1x75cl)
Bodegas Benegas Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019 (1x75cl)
Vina Cobos "Felino" Chardonnay 2022 (1x75cl)
Mendel Semillon 2020 (1x75cl)
Mendel Malbec LUNTA 2019 (1x75cl)
Mendel Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (1x75cl)
Mendel Lunta Torrontes 2021 (1x75cl)
Mendel Petit Manseng 2023 (1x50cl)
Bodega Noemia A Lisa 2022 (1x75cl)
Bodega Noemia A Lisa 2023 (1x75cl)
Susana Balbo Crios Torrontes 2023 (1x75cl)
Susana Balbo Ben Marco Sin Limites Chardonnay 2021 (1x75cl)
Flechas De Los Andes Gran Corte 2020 (1x75cl)
Flechas De Los Andes Punta De Flechas Blend 2016 (1x75cl)
BODEGA NORTON 1895 Malbec 2023 (1x75cl)
BODEGA NORTON Privada Blend 3L (Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot) 2022 (1x300cl)
BODEGAS CARO Amancaya (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) 2021 (1x75cl)
BODEGAS CARO Amancaya 1.5L (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) 2022 (1x150cl)
BODEGAS CARO Petit Caro (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) 2021 (1x75cl)
BODEGAS CARO Caro (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) 2022 (1x75cl)
BODEGAS CARO/MENDOZA Petit Caro (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec) 2021 (1x75cl)
"Bemberg La Linterna Pinot Noir ""Finca #12 Las Piedras"" 2015" (1x75cl)
Astica Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 (1x75cl)
Astica Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Astica Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Bemberg La Linterna Malbec Finca #5 El Tomillo Gualtallary 2016 (1x75cl)
Broquel Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (1x75cl)
Broquel Malbec 2022 (1x75cl)
Casarena 505 Vineyards Malbec 2023 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Casarena 505 Vineyards Malbec 2024 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Casarena Lauren's Single Vineyard Agrelo Cabernet Franc 2021 (1x75cl)
Casarena Lauren's Single Vineyard Agrelo Malbec 2020 (1x75cl)
Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Agrelo Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 - Magnum (1x150cl)
Casarena Owen's Single Vineyard Agrelo Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (1x75cl)
Casarena Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (1x75cl)
Casarena Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (1x75cl)
Chakana Atorrante Malbec 2023 (1x75cl)
Chakana Nuna Vineyard Malbec 2022 (1x75cl)
Chakana Nuna Vineyard Syrah 2022 (1x75cl)
Q Clay Syrah Malbec 2019 (1x75cl)
Trapiche Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
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