Ben says
★ Good Wine “Of all the Malbecs I’ve been tasting in this flight, Trapiche is the only one with a ruby rim rather than a more vibrant purple hue. Usually that means a bit of oxidation or age. This is only 2023, so let’s assume the former. You can smell the skin contact on the nose – an almost crunchy, sour aroma behind the plummy-cherry fruit. It also smells like nutmeg. On the palate its full of bruised plum, blackcurrant and sweet-like cherry over vanilla, simple tannins and cheesy-like lees. All in all its good Malbec but feels a bit overworked, which is a shame.”
KEY POINTS
Varietal Malbec with 13.5% abv. Aged for 9 months in oak, then imported in bulk and bottled in the UK.
Grown in: Mendoza, ARGENTINA.
Food Pairing
Pair with baked sweet potato topped with chilli con carne.
Disclosure & Price
Purchased at retail price. Find in the UK for circa £8.75 from Tesco.
Reviewed and tasted: 22/03/2025
About the Producer
Bodegas Trapiche was established 1883 and owns over 1000 hectares of vineyards, making it one of Argentina’s biggest wineries by production. Daniel Pi is its chief winemaker.
