Malbec Wine

Winemaker Description

Alamos Malbec offers layers of dark cherry and blackberry and a velvety mouthfeel. Aromas of violet intertwine with spice and vanilla, while balanced tannins create a velvety mouthfeel and expansive finish. This Malbec delivers a complex fine red wine that pairs beautifully with a wide range of cuisine and goes beyond the expected. 

Winemaker Description

It has a bright ruby red color with light violet hues. The first approach on the nose is intense, revealing notes of anise, cardamom, cherry, thyme, fresh plum, jarilla and orange peel. On the palate, it has a fluid structure and supple tannins.

 It is a wine with energy, a pleasure wine that makes you want to drink it. An honest Malbec, made from organically grown grapes.

Winemaker Description

Pure varietal expressions serve as a vibrant introduction to Mendoza, sourced from rigorously selected vineyards throughout the region's top quality growing areas - Lujan de Cuyo and Valle de Uco - imparting distinct fruit profiles to the wines.

Expert Rating - Vintage 2022

James Suckling 93 Points | Well-concentrated with velvety tannins, this full-bodied wine boasts pure blackberry and black cherry flavors and a hearty drinkability. Black pepper and tobacco accents show up first on the nose and interlace on the palate with rather full tannins.

Winemaker Notes

Bright and deep red color with purple tones. Aromas of black fruit reminiscent of fresh plum mixed with blueberries and a hint of flowers. On the palate the wine is balanced, medium-bodied with a good fresh acidity.

Our project Avenida 67 is back after a few years of hiatus.

This time, we’ve teamed up with one of the most iconic Argentine winegrowing families — the Benegas-Lynch family. Fifth-generation producers in Mendoza, Argentina, their legacy is deeply rooted in the cradle of Argentine winemaking.

Avenida 67 was the first label I ever created for 67 Wine, so it carries tremendous sentimental value. Working with Tiburcio Benegas, who currently leads operations at Bodegas Benegas, has been an absolute pleasure. Tiburcio is a man of many talents, and preserving his family’s legacy is among his greatest passions.

Avenida 67 Malbec is crafted from 100% estate-grown grapes sourced from the Benegas-Lynch vineyards in Mendoza.

Technical & Tasting Notes

Variety: 100% Estate-Grown Malbec from three Benegas-Lynch vineyards

Vinification: Grapes undergo cold maceration after crushing to enhance aroma, color depth, and fruit expression

Aging: Following alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged for six months in French oak barrels

Sight: Bright cherry-red color that leaps from the glass.

Aromas: An enticing bouquet of freshly picked red fruits—strawberries and raspberries—with hints of prunes and a subtle floral undertone. Well-integrated notes of vanilla and caramel add depth and complexity to the aromatic profile.

Palate: Medium to full-bodied with silky tannins and lively acidity. Fresh red and black fruits intertwine harmoniously, complemented by a delicate touch of baking spices on the finish.

Finish: Clean, lean, and persistent, showing great gastronomic versatility. This wine highlights refinement and vibrant fruit quality.

Pairings: Ideal with stews, grilled meats, and poultry. This Malbec offers remarkable value and character.

Oscar Garcia Moncada

Winemaker Description

Intense red, violet and bright. Fresh aroma, like the plum, joined with lactic notes and a subtle touch of vanilla. In mouth is sweet inlet, medium palate, firm structure and sucrose finish.

Gato Negro Cabernet Malbec is a soft red wine, with aromas of black fruit, like plums, with subtle notes of vanilla. Delicious mouthfeel, medium body and firm structure. Winemaker Description.

Expert Review - Vintage 2023

The Wine Advocate 93 Points | The 2023 Malbec leads with an elegantly perfumed, juicy bouquet accented with turned-earth aromas. The texture is precise, vibrant and straightforward, concluding on a high-toned finish with a savory, sturdy core.

Memo Notes Summary 

The Catena Malbec Classic Mendoza 2023 is widely considered an excellent, high-value representation of Argentine Malbec. It comes from the prestigious Bodega Catena Zapata, a pioneering winery in high-altitude viticulture.

The classic Catena Malbec is a versatile wine that pairs beautifully with a wide range of savory dishes:

Classic Pairing: Grilled red meats, especially leaner cuts like skirt steak, flank steak, or sirloin.

Cheeses: Aged cheeses, sharp cheddar, blue cheese, and Manchego.

Dishes: Roasted lamb, beef empanadas, hearty stews, or pasta with rich, tomato-based sauces.

Our Professional Notes

We’re excited to announce the addition of the 67 Wine Somm Series Malbec Mendoza 2023. Having one of the most expansive selections of Argentine wine in New York State has given us the opportunity to craft a Malbec that embodies the qualities our customers appreciate most.

For this wine, I wanted to highlight the jovial side of Malbec—its drinkability and exceptional value. It was crafted with the idea of being shared with friends over a good meal, or taken wherever you need a great bottle of wine without sacrificing quality.

Grab a bottle today and let us know what you think!

-Oscar Garcia Moncada

Description

Deep red color. The nose presents a great aromatic expression preponderated by the notes of black fruit and spices. In the mouth, its round tannin is highlighted and it is perceived as very fruity. It is a wine of medium intensity, fresh and balanced

HARVEST: 2023

ACOHOL: 13,5%

ACIDITY 5,55 g/l

PH: 3,75”

AGING: fermented in concrete vats.

WINEMAKING The grapes are carefully destemmed and undergo a four-day cold maceration. The must is fermented at low temperatures (26 ° C) so that in this way greater aromatic delicacy is achieved. The fermentation is completed with soft and delicate overruns until the moment of discovery.

Expert Review - Vintage 2020

The Wine Enthusiast by Jesica Vargas writes 91 Points | This medium-bodied red offers sweet red-fruit aromas and hints of chalk. The palate displays honest black fruit and red cherry followed by a light note of spice that lingers through the persistent finish. It has a mineral texture and vibrant acidity typical of the Gualtallary sub-region in the Uco Valley. 

Vinous 91 Points | The 2020 Malbec Poligonos Del Valle De Uco Gualtallary was aged in concrete. A dark, bright purple in hue. The liqueur-inflected nose offers ripe notes of plum and blackberry with subtle hints of violet. Compact in the mouth with good freshness, the young, reactive tannins and trace of chalk keep things tight, lending the wine a rugged character with sustained flavor.

Memo Summary Notes

    •    Style: A "Village Wine" (Vino de Pueblo) focused on pure terroir expression.
    •    Fermentation: Fermented with indigenous (wild) yeasts in epoxy-free concrete vats; approximately 30–50% whole clusters are used.
    •    Aging: Matured exclusively in concrete vats to preserve the wine's mineral identity and fresh fruit character (unoaked style).
    •    Food Pairings: Complements grilled red meats (classic Argentine Asado), beef milanesa, roasted venison, and hearty mushroom-based dishes.

Winemaker Description 

This Malbec shows an intense, deep ruby red color. In the nose are aromas of berries, cherries, followed with notes of black pepper and light touches of vanilla and chocolate. On the palate, notes of plums and spices stand out with an impeccable structure and juiciness.

Winemaker Description 

Intense red, violet and bright. Fresh aroma, like the plum, joined with lactic notes and a subtle touch of vanilla. In mouth is sweet inlet, medium palate, firm structure and sucrose finish.

'Gato Negro Cabernet Malbec is a soft red wine, with aromas of black fruit, like plums, with subtle notes of vanilla. Delicious mouthfeel, medium body and firm structure.

Winemaker Description 

Dark red color with violet hints. Rich and strong aromas, including scents of ripe fruits, plums, black cherry, black currant, chocolates and violets. Well balanced acidity and a long finish. Good structure with soft tannins.

Expert Review - Vintage 2022

James Suckling 91 Points | Ripe cassis, berries, plums and a subtle twist of spices. Nicely structured on the palate with a medium to full body and a tight, medium-long finish. Well-framed. Drinkable now, but better in one more year.

Jesica Vargas of The Wine Enthusiast writes 88 Points | The nose of this wine is austere, but as the wine breathes, hints of black fruit show in the glass. A generous palate delivers intense flavors of blackberries joined by earthy notes that extend into the finish.

Expert Review - Vintage 2023

The Wine Enthusiast by Jesica Vargas writes 90 Points | This Malbec reveals an earthy character, with a bouquet of delicate hints of herbs and black fruit. The palate unfolds leafy flavors, supported by soft tannins and enough freshness. Enjoy it with beef empanadas.

Winemaker Description

 Antigal UNO Malbec offers delicious plum, strawberry, and blackberry flavors with enticing hints of violets, vanilla, and milk chocolate. Brightened by carefully protected natural acidity, this violet-red wine has a silky texture and provides an agreeably persistent finish.

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Roundness and generosity! Mariflor Malbec has the complexity, the power and sensuality with deep aromas of black fruits and spices which will insure it the longevity, roundness and generosity make it pleasant to taste “primeur” or young.

Winemaker Description 

It reveals the intense and complex aromatic expression of an argentinean Malbec. It combines aromas of raspberry and cherry black of Las Compuertas, plumb and violet from Paraje Altamira and blueberry and fresh herbs of Los Chacayes. In the mouth it offers a great concentration of tannins that lead to a creamy and unctuous mouthfeel. Its balanced acidity and firm tannins contribute to a pleasant and persistent finish.

Winemaker Description 

Harvest by hand, in the cool early hours of the morning. Manual selection of clusters. Fermentation: Spontaneous in-barrel malolactic with indigenous yeasts. Aged 12 months in New French Oak Barrels.

Tell-tale inky Malbec hue with a nose of freshly picked violets and ripe berries seamlessly integrated with spicy chocolate notes. Intense and full-bodied wine with notable structure yielding gentle tannins. 

Memo Summary Notes

The 2021 Mythic Block Malbec is a premium, full-bodied red from the Agrelo district of Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. Produced by the Mythic Vineyard (part of the Casarena family), the "Block" series represents their top-tier, small-lot selections designed to compete with world-class, "international" style reds.

Pair with Hard Cheeses: Aged Gouda, Manchego, or Pecorino

Memo Summary Notes

The Bodega Dos Familias "1861" Malbec 2024 is a budget-friendly, entry-level Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina. The "1861" on the label refers to the historical founding of the winery, which is one of the oldest in the region.

The 2024 vintage is a very fresh release, designed for immediate consumption. It is known for its "honest" expression of the grape, often fermented in concrete vats to emphasize fruit purity over heavy oak influence.

    •    Aroma: A "strong nose of earth" mixed with crushed blackberries, fresh plums, and a hint of violet.
    •    Palate: It is described as "juicy" and "smooth." Expect bright flavors of black raspberry, fig, and a touch of red cranberry. Because it sees very little oak, the fruit flavors are primary and unmasked.
    •    Finish: Clean and savory, though some tasters find it a bit "thin" compared to high-altitude Malbecs—making it a perfect "pizza and burger" pairing. 

    •    In 1861, the main building in the winery was built (currently the winery´s museum), which worked as a wheat mill. The water stream that runs across the property allowed for the installment of a hydroelectric wheel which generated energy for cereal grinding. Back then, the property was owned by the Solanilla-Estrella family (who came from Aragon to Mendoza following the "Virgen de la Carrodilla") and was therefore known as the Solanilla-Estrella mill.
By the end of the 19th century, in the year 1894, Mendoza shifted its production to the wine making industry, transforming the wheat mill into a wine-press. This was how the Winery came to be. In that period, the property was owned by Domingo Mauricio. It was then that the winery reached its greatest splendor, producing more than 2 million liters of wine.

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The Wine Advocate 97 Points | The 2020 Aluvional Gualtallary is more floral and expressive, a little more exuberant than the 2019 I tasted next to it. In 2020, they harvested some 10 days earlier than in 2019 (they started in February!), and the wines finished with similar alcohol levels (14%) and even with a slightly lower pH and higher acidity in 2020, so with very good freshness. They fermented with some 30% to 50% of stems in the vinification (they use grapes from three different vineyards that are vinified separately, all in the Monasterio part of Gualtallary) and matured the wine in concrete. This is very young, and the palate reveals the inner notes of thyme and rockrose, the violets and the small berries. The texture is akin to liquid chalk, a mineral and austere wine, with very fine tannins and a long, dry finish.

Winemaker Description 

La Igriega Malbec Paraje Altamira is a single-vineyard Argentine red showing off the beauty and complexity of the Malbec grape. "The name LA IGRIEGA means "Y" in Spanish--equivalent to "and" in English--and symbolizes the genetic structure of this project. 

Winemaker Description 

In terms of quality and price, this is arguably the best 'Bordeaux blend' in our portfolio, made by a winemaker who is passionate about the wines of his French cousins but still proudly Argentine. 50% Malbec, 20% Cab Franc, 20% Cab Sauv, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Merlot.

A nose of black fruits, spices, white pepper, clove, cardamon, eucalyptus, thyme and rosemary - complex in other words, with a fantastic finish.

Federico Benegas Lynch was raised at ‘El Trapiche’, a winery established in 1883 by his great, great grandfather, Don Tiburcio Benegas, one of the original pioneers of Argentine wine. The winery was finally sold in the 1970s and in 1998, following a successful business career in Buenos Aires, Federico returned to Mendoza to re-kindle his lifelong passion and professional destiny, wine. He bought Finca La Libertad, an historic 40-hectare vineyard with ‘soils’ of stone on the old Upper Mendoza riverbank in Cruz de Piedra, and the old winery that belonged to his mother’s family which he quickly set about refurbishing. His idea was based on the traditional French Châteaux system, where proprietorship of vineyard and winery are inextricably linked.

Winemaker Descrirption

This pure and fresh Malbec from Tupungato in Argentina’s Uco Valley offers shimmering red and black fruit — cherries, strawberries, and plums — backed by sweet herbs and a delicate spice. Made from organic fruit by winemakers and childhood friends Norberto Páez and Sebastián Bisole, using 30% whole custer fermentation and indigenous yeasts, it’s a great partner for everything from carne asada to barbecue, including potato salad!

Winemaker Description 

An elegant, fruit forward wine with intense aromas of fresh red fruit. The mouth feel shows a full palate with soft round tannins and a long persistent finish. Certified Sustainability & Vegan.  

Memo Summary Notes

The 2021 Mythic Mountain Malbec is a fruit-forward, approachable red from the Luján de Cuyo region of Mendoza, Argentina.

This wine’s soft tannins and juicy profile make it versatile. It pairs excellently with:

• Grilled Meats: Classic Argentine asado or lamb chops with rosemary.

• Casual Fare: Pepperoni pizza or burgers.

• Cheeses: Aged Gouda or Mimolette.

  
  

   

Winemaker Description

A vibrant bouquet of fresh red and  black fruits with floral notes and a hint  of pepper. It is medium-bodied, has a  moderate amount of gentle yet grippy  tannins and refreshing acidity.