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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $130.95
Cropped from an almost perfect growing season when the grapes ripened slowly, the 2016 Noemía is pure Malbec from...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $96.62
Cropped from a cooler and wetter year, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae was bottled with six months less...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $251.24
In one of the coldest vintages of the last 30 years in Mendoza, the Adrianna Vineyard plot (just 1.4 hectares)...
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1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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Like the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard, the 2016 Adrianna Vineyard River Stones was bottled a little earlier,...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $69.19
This is really complex and exotic with dark fruit, flowers and asphalt undertones. Full-bodied, soft and silky with a...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $67.94
Pale lemon-gold colored, the 2016 Climens is a little youthfully mute, revealing notions of ripe peaches, mango and...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $42.03
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.27
One of the top sweet wines in this report is the 2016 Château Coutet, which has the vintage’s plush, opulent style...
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Bottle: $1101.88
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $206.86
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $380.95
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $405.27
The 2016 Chateau d’Yquem is pure magic and dessert wines don’t get much better. Offering a pale gold color as...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A barrel sample, the 2016 de Fargues has a pale lemon color and quite a profoundly scented nose at this nascent...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $103.87
Forward in feel, with a bold mix of ginger, creamed peach and mango flavors, laced with orange zest and spice notes....
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750ml - Case of 6
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Intense peach, mango, ginger and chutney notes form the core here, which is broad and open in feel, backed by toasted...
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750ml - Case of 6
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A step up over the Carmes de Rieussec, the beautiful 2016 Château Rieussec has remarkable purity and freshness while...
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750ml - Case of 6
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95-97 Barrel Sample. This is a dense wine, full of rich fruit, bitter orange and apricot. Its ripe fruit is balanced...
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750ml - Case of 12
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95-97 Barrel Sample. This is a dense wine, full of rich fruit, bitter orange and apricot. Its ripe fruit is balanced...
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $158.62
I was blown away by the 2016 Finca Piedra Infinita, a wine I have been anticipating because I’ve seen the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $43.76
A tribute to winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi's father; a blend of 95% Malbec from Paraje Altamira, with Cabernet...
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Malbec Savagnin Semillon/sauvignon Blanc Pre-Arrival

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.