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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.17 $21.30
12 bottles: $17.52
Plenty of fruit on the nose with a nice reductive and peppery edge. Dark cherries and strawberries with spiced plums...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $39.93
Blackberries, blueberries, terra cotta, brick and white pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied with very tight and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $11.70 $13.00
Notes of ripe blackberries and raspberries with hints of blue flowers, young walnuts and crushed stones. Juicy and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.93
12 bottles: $25.41
The 2021 Malbec Reserve from Altos Las Hormigas, sourced from Paraje Altamira and Gualtallary in the Uco Valley,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94
12 bottles: $15.44
Fruity nose of cassis, candied cherries, milk chocolate and sweet spices. Medium-bodied with powdery tannins. Fruity,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.51 $21.68
12 bottles: $17.42
UNO Malbec offers a fresh nose with delicious plum, strawberry, and blackberry aromas with violets, vanilla, and milk...
Red
750ml
Bottle: $24.07
6 bottles: $15.59
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.90
12 bottles: $16.56
The 2021 BenMarco Malbec was produced with fruit from Los Chacayes in Valle de Uco, fermented destemmed in stainless...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.94 $17.91
12 bottles: $13.99
Lots of fruit and flowers here. Elegant violets, dark cherries and a fine twist of peppery spice. Quite juicy on the...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.36 $20.40
12 bottles: $16.63
A nicely juicy and fine-grained malbec with restrained sweet spices, blackberries, blueberries and a hint of...
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White
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $13.93
Intense aromas of white flowers and apricot on the nose. In terms of the palate, the wine is balanced and soft with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $11.99
Perfumed yet focused nose with lots of violets and deep but fresh blueberries. Very pure. A mineral undertone makes...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $12.94
12 bottles: $12.35
Sweet berries and cherries with some dusty-earth aromas that follow through to a medium body, light tannins and a...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $26.95
A pretty nose of plums, cherries, earth, walnuts and sweet spices. Some spearmint, too. Medium-bodied with fine...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $10.90 $12.13
Aromas of plums, dark cherries, blueberries, tar and crushed stones. It’s medium-bodied with round, velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.72 $20.80
Aromas of plums, dark cherries, blueberries, tar and crushed stones. It’s medium-bodied with round, velvety...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.84
12 bottles: $18.46
Juicy and inviting, with heavy citrus nuances to the vibrant black cherry and berry flavors, revealing a trace of red...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $94.26 $96.79
A really well-balanced malbec here that is slightly spicier and richer. Black cherries, dark olives and some violets....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $28.94 $29.59
6 bottles: $28.80
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.90 $22.79
12 bottles: $20.90
The 2021 Appellation Lunlunta Malbec was produced with grapes from vines planted in 1930 at 920 meters in altitude....
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Malbec Pinot Gris 2021 Argentina Cuyo

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

As the world's fifth largest producer of wine, after France, Italy, Spain and the United States, Argentina has plenty to offer the international wine market in regards to both quantity and quality. Despite this being the case for several decades now, it has only been since the end of the twentieth century that the Argentinian wine industry has really begun to up their game when it comes to the methods and techniques required to produce world class wines, which are both representative of their country and region of origin, and which stand alone as complex, interesting and delicious wines to drink. As Argentina became a serious contender in the international wine market, wineries previously concerned primarily with high volumes began to change their priorities, and formerly struggling small bodegas and independent wineries began to find success. Nowadays, well crafted wines from smaller vineyards in Argentina are being lauded as some of the finest in the world, and the country is starting to reap the benefits of its heritage, which include some very old vines, and up to four centuries of experience in wine production.

Undoubtedly the most important viticultural region of the country of Argentina is Cuyo, the arid and red-soiled area within central-west Argentina which produces over eighty percent of the nation's wine each year. Cuyo represents the finest aspects of Argentinian wine making, with wineries in the region celebrating their traditions which stretch back to the sacramental wines first introduced to the country by Spanish settlers hundreds of years ago. As with much of Argentina, Cuyo is most famous for the production of Malbec wines, with Malbec grapes thriving prodigiously in the hot climate of the region, reaching full ripeness in ways they rarely could in their native France, and producing wines of exceptional flavor and quality. The Desaguadero River is the key water source in this otherwise dry and dusty region, and successful irrigation projects have helped bring water to even the driest vineyards within Cuyo.