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Argentina
2000 Domingo Hnos. Domingo Molina Yacochuya Cabernet Sauvignon $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Spice, oak, cinnamon
Taste: Wood, spice
Finish: Medium and one dimensional
Evaluation: Not recommended. 80 points
2001 Domingo Hnos. Domingo Molina
Yacochuya Malbec $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Berries, spice, oak, vanilla
Taste: Plums, black berries, spice, oak
Finish: Medium and intense with berries, spice, vanilla
Evaluation: Solid wine with interesting notes. 90 points
2003 Alferedo Roca San Rafael Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Cherry, earth
Taste: Earthy with a little fruit
Finish: Medium with some spice
Evaluation: OK for a country known for Malbec 84 points
2004
2004 Achaval-Ferrer Malbec Finca Mirador - Argentina, Mendoza (2/25/2010)
Dark purple. Very elegant nose with coffee, cranberries, boysenberries, and spices. On the palate this has come around on day 2 with coffee, boysenberries, raspberries, minerals and a vary of spices. Medium finish and balanced. On the finish a nice pepper quality is revealed. Great wine! (94 pts.)
2004 Achaval-Ferrer Malbec Finca Altamira - Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco, La Consulta (3/2/2010)
Decanted 2 hours. Dark purple. Nose is amazing with floral, blueberries, perfume, and subtle spices. The palate is showing blueberries, spices, floral and earth. Medium finish and this wine is extremely balanced. This is the best South American Wine I have ever tasted! Thank you Parker Board for the $40 a bottle price!!!!! (96 pts.)
2005
2005 Conquista Malbec $
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Floral, oak, spice
Taste: Simple and straight forward with earth dominating
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Worth the money. 84 points
2005 Conquista Mendoza Reserva Malbec $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Toasted oak, plum, cherry, vanilla, the fruit is intense
Taste: Toasted oak, spice, floral, plum, and earth
Finish: Spice, floral, crushed rock, earth, vanilla, buttery finish. This is a solid medium finish.
Evaluation: The best Malbec I have had to date. Extremely complex! 91 points
2005 Ben Marco Mendoza Malbec $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Spice, earth
Taste: Spice, earth
Finish: Medium with spice and earth
Evaluation: This is why I give a wine a score. The taste and finish are much better then the description. A nice introduction to Malbec. 88 points
2005 Famiglia Meschini Gran Reserva Maipu, Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Heat coming off with spice, earth,
Taste: Hot wine with spice, cherry, sweet fruits, earth, minerals
Finish: Medium with spice dominating along with floral, and sweet fruits
Evaluation: 87 points
2005 Monteviejo (Clos de los Siete) Petite Fleur - Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco, Vista Flores (2/26/2010)
Earth, floral and fruit. Nothing bad or great about this wine. $17.99 a bit too much for the quality. (87 pts.)
2005 Monteviejo (Clos de los Siete) - Argentina, Mendoza (2/26/2010)
Spice, cherry, rapsberries, and earth on the nose. Balanced wine overall with a medium finish. (88 pts.)
2006
2006 Achaval-Ferrer Malbec Finca Altamira - Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco, La Consulta (1/30/2010)
Dark purple. Nose was amazing with floral, blackberry, coffee beans, blueberries. A chewy wine with amazing structure. The palate had an array of flavors featuring floral, blackberries, coffee beans, dust and cherries. Long concentrated finish and drinking really well right now. This is the best Malbec I have tasted to date. (95 pts.)
2006 Altocedro Old Vines Mendoza Malbec (organic) $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Intense with black fruit, spice, mineral
Taste: Big wine with a balance of fruits and earth tones
Finish: Medium with nice black fruit, spice, and mineral components
Evaluation: A great value Malbec that has organic fruit. 88 points
2006 Finca Sophenia Altosur Tupungato-Mendoza Malbec $
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Violets, plum, grape jam, mineral
Taste: Violets, earth, spice, grape jam, plum
Finish: Medium and complex with nice qualities
Evaluation: Incredible Value. 90 points
2006 Bodega Catena Zapata Mendoza Malbec $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cherry, blackberry, spice, and mineral
Taste: Cherry, blackberries, minerals and vanilla
Finish: Fruit forward wine with a medium finish
Evaluation: A great producer 89 points
2006 Conquista Malbec Reserva - Argentina, Mendoza, San Rafael (4/6/2010)
Light purple. Nose spice, cherry, oak and vanilla. On the palate spices, cherry, floral and toasted oak. Medium finish and plenty of flavor. This is one of my favorite Malbecs under $25. (90 pts.)
2006 Santa Julio Mendoza Malbec $
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Spice, earth
Taste: Watered down with spice
Finish: Weak with some spice and earth
Evaluation: 80 points
2006 Henry Lagarde Single Vineyard Mendoza Malbec $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Subtle with spice, floral and raspberries
Taste: Floral, crushed rock, raspberries and minerals
Finish: Medium and balanced
Evaluation: Really nice for under $15 89 points
2006 Bodega Norton Privada - Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo (1/30/2010)
Dark purple. Nose of floral, dust, blackberries, and spice. Nice palate and not over the top. Medium and balanced finish. A very drinkable wine from a big name in Argentina. (90 pts.)
2006 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva - Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo (4/6/2010)
Dark wine with spice, coffee, and blacberries on the nose. Good concentration and a good value wine. (87 pts.)
2006 Bodega Valentin Famiglia Bianchi Malbec $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Smoke, blackberries
Taste: Really dry with smoke and a little fruit
Finish: Too tannic
Evaluation: Not memorable 85 points
2007
2007 Bodega Catena Zapata Mendoza Malbec $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Nice amomas of blackberry, spice, and mineral
Taste: Medium intensity with fruit and earth intermixed
Finish: Concentrated wine with soft tannins
Evaluation: Super wine without the price tag 90 points
2007 Bodegas Escorihuela Don Miguel Gascon Mendoza Malbec $
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Plum, spice, earth
Taste: Smooth wine with cherry, plum, earth
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Solid 87 points
2007 Layer Cake Mendoza Malbec $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Floral, spice
Taste: Nice spice, figs, honey
Finish: Sweet for malbec with spice, figs, honey
Evaluation: A sweet Malbec that was fun to try 88 points
2007 Famiglia Meschini Reserve Mendoza Malbec $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Plum, spice
Taste: Light with spice, plum, water, too acidic
Finish: Short and not concentrated
Evaluation: 85 points
Note: Improved some day 2 and 3 maybe to an 87
2007 Piattelli Malbec - Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo (4/6/2010)
Simple as malbec gets. Raspberry and watered down. Worth around $4. (80 pts.)
2007 Clos de Los Siete (Malbec Blend) $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Dark fruits, smoke, minerals, floral
Taste: Oak, floral, smoke and blackberries
Finish: Medium and complex wine
Evaluation: Really nice value 89 points
2007 Clos de los Siete (Michel Rolland) Clos de Los Siete - Argentina, Mendoza, Valle de Uco (2/26/2010)
Medium purple. Blackberries, floral, smoke and oak on the nose. Concentrated wine with blackberries, smoke, oak, vanilla and spices. Medium finish and very nice overall. (90 pts.)
2008
2008 Achaval-Ferrer Malbec - Argentina, Mendoza (4/14/2010) $$
Really nice on the nose with floral, raspberries, cranberries, and spices. On the palate very clean and smooth wine with cherry, floral, spice, and raspberries. Medium finish and soft tannins. This is a drink me now wine and a great one at that. (91 pts.)
2008 Famiglia Meschini Premium Malbec/Syrah $$
Color: Medium
Nose: Spice, plum, cherry, floral
Taste: Pleasant with floral, cherry, and spice
Finish: Medium and not too tannic
Evaluation: A nice value wine 86 points
2009 Gascon Malbec - Argentina, Mendoza (4/6/2010)
Spice and blackberries on the nose and palate. Medium finish and nothing complex here. (84 pts.)