Malbec is pretty well known in America. Many people know it was once a favored grape in the wine blends of Bordeaux, but Malbec really needs more sun and heat than Bordeaux can consistently offer. Its success in the southwestern French region of Cahors (once – in a sexist fashion – called “the manliest wine of France”) has seemingly diminished in today’s production. But its transference to the clime of Argentina has brought the proof of its possibilities to the fore. Colomé, located in the high-altitude region of Salta, produces a Malbec both richly textured, yet feeling fresh and breezy, from vineyards ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 feet above sea level! Colomé’s Estate Malbec brings out the remarkable qualities of this thin-skinned beauty of a grape.
2013 Colomé Estate Malbec, Salta $25 srp
