Argentinian Wine

There’s real direction and clarity to this white with sliced dried apples crushed stones and minerals on the nose as well as hints of biscuit and praline. Some honeysuckle and lemon-grass undertones too. It’s full-bodied... Read More

The site-specific 2018 Malbec Appellation Gualtallary comes from specific soils two plots that they believe transmit the maximum expression of limestone to Malbec giving a structured wine with fine-grained tannins but a little... Read More

The élevage for the 2021 Cincuenta y Cinco was different from the past; they have now aged 40% in concrete tanks (it used to be 25%) 40% in French oak barrels and 20% in clay amphorae for nine months. They use cover crops in... Read More

Extremely perfumed with rose-petal violet rose-stem and sweet-strawberry aromas that follow through to a full-bodied palate with tight juicy tannins that are strong and intense. A very structured young top pinot from here. Needs... Read More

Like the majority of these wines, the percentage of wine in concrete that didn't see any oak in the 2020 Treinta y Dos has been increased to 50%, and the remaining 50% matured in French oak barrels (only 10% new) for nine... Read More

I missed the Chacra wines the last time I covered Argentina during the pandemic, so from the 2018s, we jump to the 2021s whites, the top of which is the 2021 Chacra Chardonnay, produced by Jean-Marc Roulot with the help of the... Read More

The 2019 Cheval des Andes had a more reductive vinification and élevage making the wine a bit shy and in need of time to open up as one of their objectives was to make it more age-worthy. Another objective is to get to a 50/50... Read More

There is more of everything in this 2016 Gran Enemigo Chacayes Single Vineyard. It's compact and seamless with great purity and more concentrated than the 2015 but with terrific balance as the acidity (which is very high but... Read More

The 2014 Lindaflor Malbec reached 15% alcohol and feels a little more old-style than the rest possibly because it's older. It fermented in rolling barrels and matured in French barriques (60% of them new) for 16 to 18 months.... Read More