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MALBEC Review – Espuela del Gaucho Reserve 2012

This tasty limited edition Malbec was also grown and bottled in the Mendoza region of Argentina.

Imported by WX Imports, Novato, CA

www.espueladelgaucho.com

Another fine Malbec that is now on my Top 5 Malbec list. Not as good as my favorite, Bodega de

ELENA, but gets close. This wine is a 2012, so maybe it needs a year, but still was a very good selection.

The Espuela del Gaucho has unique, slow running, heavy legs. It carries a lighter body, landing gently

on the tongue, joyfully leaving hints of mixed berries grown in the fresh Andes air and then drifts away.

Another quality Malbec, that any California cab or merlot drinker would enjoy for under $12.

Another fine wine from the Mendoza region nestled in Argentina.

TERRAZAS de los Andes Reserva Malbec 2010

Produced and bottled by Terrazas de los Andes, Argentina

Selected grapes of the Mendoza region terraces, found a little more than 1,000

meters above sea level, make their way into this wine. The selectivity of this

wine is probably why it is imported by the Moet Hennessy company.

Personally, this wine is almost as good as my still favorite Malbec, Bodega de

ELENA. The Terrazas is kind of similar to the Elena, but I found it to be a touch

lighter in body and flavor when landing on the tongue. The Terrazas is flowery

and fruity. Perhaps the Terrazas could be imagined as a merlot version of the

Elena if it were imagined as a cabernet of the same vinter.

The Terrazas is a good wine, reasonably priced and will be gone before the

bottles of Mondavi that other people brought to the party.

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Vinted and bottled by Red Rock winery Healdsburg, CA

1.888.271-9463

This Malbec is grown here in California, not Argentina.

The flavor of this reserve wine lacks the depth of the Bodega de ELENA

Malbec, which is my current favorite. It is not a bad wine, but if looking

for a reasonably priced California red, I’d go Murphy-Goode Cabernet.