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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$7.12
The Astica Malbec offers a pure, fruit driven example of Argentina’s signature grape. Medium in body with juicy...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$10.93
Beautiful red fruits such as plums and cherries. The palate offers a balanced mouthfeel with flavors of redcurrant...
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750ml
Bottle:
$31.50
12 bottles:
$30.87
• Practicing Organic.
• 100% Trousseau.
• Stolpman Estate Vineyard (Ballard Canyon AVA).
• Only 3.5 acres...
750ml
Bottle:
$14.94
12 bottles:
$14.64
30-60 year old vines located north of the Lac de Grandlieu. Vineyards are planted densely with 7,000 vines per hectare.
750ml
Bottle:
$31.95
12 bottles:
$31.31
From a high desert site in the Gabilan Mountains, neighboring Pinnacles State Park. Harvested from a south facing...
750ml
Bottle:
$20.94
12 bottles:
$20.52
From Bien Nacido in Santa Maria, this is a crisp, mineral driven wine with captivating brininess. Made for shucking...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$12.13
Intense, shiny purplish red. Intense and complex aroma of berries, especially plum, cherry, and raisin. Sweet...
750ml
Bottle:
$19.85
12 bottles:
$19.45
From Gualtallary in the Uco Valley, the 2023 2023 Malbec Kung Fu was fermented with native yeast before bottling with...
750ml
Bottle:
$11.25
$12.50
This Malbec has elegant and pronounced varietal characters. The wine shows distinct plum aromas, with cherry,...
750ml
Bottle:
$12.94
12 bottles:
$12.35
The Cuma Malbec showcases a nose of fresh raspberry and blackberry followed by a juicy palate of dark fruit, spice,...
750ml
Bottle:
$11.90
$12.91
12 bottles:
$11.66
COLOR: Intense red color with purple highlights.
NOSE: Aromas of red fruit such as fresh raspberries, plums and...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$14.73
Deep red with violet hues. Expressive and delicate, with notes of red fruit, black pepper and spices. Fleshly with...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$11.12
Powerful and complex aromas of plum, blackcurrant, mocha, and spices. Medium to full-bodied, this Malbec reveals ripe...
750ml
Bottle:
$10.94
$11.70
100% Malbec, from a thirty-five-acre vineyard planted in 1995, situated at 3,000 feet of elevation and composed of...
750ml
Bottle:
$13.94
12 bottles:
$13.66
This sustainably-farmed, single-vineyard estate wine is composed of 100% hand-harvested Malbec from the Los Sauces of...
750ml
Bottle:
$16.55
12 bottles:
$15.05
Aromas include plum and cherry, with a full-bodied palate. The packaging is topped off with a wax capsule over...
Malbec Melon de Bourgogne Mencia 2023
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.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.