Domaine Bousquet Mendoza Malbec 2023 (375ml)

ARGENTINA : MENDOZA : UCO VALLEYORGANIC : MalbecMED-BODIED, BLACKBERRY, PLUM, FIG, DARK CHOCOLATE, NO OAKJean Bousquet sold a fourth-generation family winery in Carcassonne and started over in Gualtallary, a corner of the Uco Valley that Mendoza growers had written off as too cold to ripen fruit. He planted at 4,000 feet in sandy, phylloxera-hostile soil, farmed organically from the first vine, and is still the largest vineyard holder in what has since become the most sought-after sub-region in Argentina.This is the entry-level varietal bottling: fermented in stainless, ten days, no oak at all. What you're buying is fruit, with the day-night temperature swing at altitude doing the work oak usually gets credit for. James Suckling 90 pts.PAIRINGS : Asado short ribs char and rendered fat meet the wine's acidity head-on Empanadas de carne cumin and raisin echo the fig and black-raisin notes Mushroom ragu over pappardelle unoaked fruit keeps an earthy pasta light on its feet

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