Malbec Wine

This is a fairly tight and fresh style of Malbec that shows black-fruit flavors on the palate aided by toasty oak.

Malbec wine. For some Malbec wine is a flavorful glass of wine thats the perfect complement to a traditional pasta dinner. Malbec is one of the key red wines of the moment. At Bottled Boxed we stock a selection of Malbec wine gifts which make fantastic fail-safe presents for the red-wine drinker in your life.

The grape is mostly grown in Cahors France and Mendoza Argentina Unlike other famous reds like Merlot and Pinot Noir Malbec wine has high alcohol levels of up to 15 ABV and medium tannin levels. Argentinian producers age wine in the ocean. Once relatively unknown in the US this purple-hued grape is now frequently found on by-the-glass lists at bars and restaurants and often has its own section in wine retail shops as well.

Argentina Malbec wines to try. By contrast France is responsible for just 8 percent of listed Malbecs. Although its found its spiritual home in Argentina Malbec was once the most planted grape variety in Southwest France.

See reviews and pricing for this wine. Host a blind tasting party of your own. Malbec grapes produce deep full-bodied wines that are known for their beautiful dark fruit flavour and hint of smoke.

This red grape originally from France in areas such as Cahors and Bordeaux has found fame across the seas in Argentina flourishing particularly well in the foothills of the Andes in the region of Mendoza in Argentinas Cuyo regionYou can read more in depth about the Mendoza sub zones in Patricio Tapias piece from from Decanter. While its popularity has surged over the past two decades in reality Malbec. However Malbec wines will often have a bright magenta rim.

Originating in Cahors in the Bordeaux region of France malbec also known as côt is now the iconic grape and signature red wine of Argentina. Malbec has seen a spike in popularity over the past decade. Kaiken Estate Malbec.