Malbec

One of the most deliciously impressive Mendoza Malbecs we’ve tried in a long while, from lovely ripe fruit grown at 4,000 feet and aged 12 months in 50% new French oak. It’s a big wine, but with outstanding elegance... Read More

One of the finest values in the shop, this is “the black wine” of Cahors at its most friendly and fun-loving. Around 85% Malbec and 15% Merlot given 18 months in concrete, it’s loaded with juicy black cherry,... Read More

Organic/Bio This 100% Malbec from Mendoza is always a lush, plush, value and never more so than in 2021. Balancing the natural richness of high-altitude Malbec with modern winemaking techniques that emphasize terroir and freshness,... Read More

Mendoza Malbec is a bit all over the place stylistically right now, so it’s a bit of a delight to taste this – what we’d call a “right down the middle” Malbec pretty much anyone can enjoy. The vines... Read More

In the deep south of Languedoc, growers discovered that flooding their vineyards for 40 days in spring could kill the phylloxera louse, and that's how Ferrandiere still farms it's own-rooted vines just 12 miles from Carcassonne.... Read More

Organic/Bio Sabastian Zuccardi is helping to revolutionize our understanding of Mendoza Malbec and this, as he writes, “is a very important wine in my life. Beginning to make it was a key step on our way.” Whole clusters... Read More

Organic/Bio This is just fabulous Malbec that has more than enough fruit for immediate enjoyment and a complex, savory, depth that makes it unbelievably good with grilled meat. As Suckling says in the 94 point rave, “A more... Read More

Organic Lower ABV A “good natural wine” but, more than that, really good Cahors. As expected, this 95% Malbec, 5% Merlot, is black as night in color and free of oak (done all in concrete). It’s full of dark black... Read More