Ben says
★★ Great Wine “Vibrantly youthful with a deep inky purple colour. Nose of fresh blackcurrants, cooked blackberries, star anise, dried plum and strawberry jam. Full, sweet and spicy with well integrated alcohol warmth and surprising freshness. It’s doubtlessly a fruit bomb but, let’s be honest, that’s why you’d buy it. Superbly satisfying with zero posturing.”
KEY POINTS
Varietal Malbec with 13.5% abv. No oak. Sipped over 3 days with no loss of fruit.
Grown in: Valle de Uco (mostly) and Agrelo, ARGENTINA.
Food Pairing
Try with strips of beef in a sticky soy glaze and grilled, alongside chips and dips. Also great with the messiest loaded cheeseburger (even better if the cheese is blue).
Disclosure & Price
Purchased from The Wine Society’s website at full retail price.
£8.95 from The Wine Society.
Reviewed and tasted: 14 August 2023.
About the Producer
Dominio del Plata is owned by one of Argentina’s most celebrated proprietors and producers, Susana Balbo, who graduated with an Oenology degree in 1981 becoming the first woman in Argentina to do so. Her winery is based in Agrelo and the vines are managed by the talented Pedro Marchevsky. The team today are young, dynamic, and purveyors of quality ‘everyday’ Malbec.
