High-end wine can be related to different factors: aging potential or local and international recognition are two of them. There are wineries that, due to their track record, the always stable quality standard of their wines or due to public acceptance, earn recognition that gives a “guarantee” that the wine will be of good quality. Here, three labels worth trying.
Gran Malbec 2020 – Pulenta
The grapes from Don Antonio Vineyards, the trees, Tunuyan and Gualtallary, Tupungato. Valle de Uco, Mendoza, are the origins of this 100% Malbec wine. Intense and dark violet color with a surprising shine. Aromas of red fruits, strawberries and some cherries. Subtle notes of flowers such as violets and lilacs. Aromas of vanilla and toast provided by its passage through wood are also discovered. In the mouth it is a complex wine, with personality, good structure and an extremely pleasant finish.
Jorge Rubio Malbec from Ánfora
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Jorge Rubio Malbec from Ánfora is a fusion of ancestral tradition and modernity in a limited edition of 2000 bottles. This experimental project, started in 2020, uses Malbec grapes from family farms over 22 years old, located in the South Oasis of Mendoza. Fermentation and aging in terracotta amphorae underline this unique encounter between past and present.
The launch of this wine represents a significant milestone for the winery. Jorge Rubio Malbec from Ánfora is a declaration of principles: a testimony of the permanent search to preserve the authenticity and uniqueness of Mendoza’s beloved South Oasis. Jorge Rubio, Director and Head of Oenology at Bodega Jorge Rubio.
Price:
$32,000 suggested bottle (only in wine bars)
$42,000 Luxury Wood Pack (only in wine cellars)
DJ Mastrantonio 2017
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DJ Mastrantonio 2017 is a malbec that has everything that a malbec from the Uco Valley has to have: a fresh and vibrant palate, with fluidity and notes of red fruits, with slight herbal hints. a red balanced and refreshingideal to learn about the evolution of the winery carried out by the entrepreneur Diego J. Mastrantonio Since 10 years ago.
It is a Malbec made with grapes selected and harvested manually from different vineyards. in it Uco Valley: Vista Flores, Los Chacayes and Gualtallary. The wine is aged for 12 months in new and used French oak barrels and bottled for more than 12 months: a joint decision by Diego Mastrantonio and Sebastian Bisolethe winery’s winemaker.
Suggested price: $24,900
Malbec Universe
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The line Universe, from Bodega Malma, pays tribute to the Patagonian immensity reflected in the starry skies that remind us of the small and ephemeral nature of our existence and fill us with amazement and humility before the cosmos. That same nature that gives us the fruits so that we can make unique wines that reflect the identity of the Patagonian terroir.
Suggested price: $23,000
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