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[lukekini]

La Linda Malbec 2021 🍷🇦🇷🍇 @ely.cafe #wine #vino #malbec #redwine #argentinewines #vinoargentina https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci3oSG7Lci0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[quenchmagazine]

Happy New Year! If you have vacation time planned for 2017 (and you should, because vacations are an essential part of life!) then may we suggest visiting Cheval des Andes in Luján de Cuyo, Argentina. “Cheval des Andes represents a unique marriage between France’s Premier Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Émilion, Château Chavel Blanc, and the Terrazas de los Andes winery,” writes Tod Stewart. Their wines show lovely Saint-Émilion traits and fresh Argentine flavours. The view is breathtaking as well - so as you sip on their unique wines, you can watch the sun shine from a crystalline blue sky above picturesque mountains. #traveltuesday #argentina #winery #estate #argentinewines #winetour #vineyard #bucketlist #grandcruoftheandes #chevaldesandes #photooftheday

[vinoconosur]

Gualtallary 2013

Gen del Alma Otra Piel 2013

In contrast to Europe, the weather in Mendoza usually doesn’t swing to extremes, yielding generally consistent wines across vintages.  But a handful of minimal intervention wines from the 2013 harvest in Gualtallary are markedly superior to adjacent years...and this is one of them.

Regardless of harvest, the line that comes out of Gen del Alma offers one of the few examples from Argentina that has any relation to the natural wine “movements” in France, Italy, the U.S., etc.:  Young, fresh fruit with complexity and brisk finishes.

The 2013 Otra Piel from Gen del Alma (60% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Pinot Noir), has a nose of bright fresh fruit concentrate.  Blackberries, cheap grape jelly, ripe figs and a dry finish but not overwhelmingly so.  No oak here as it’s fermented in a concrete egg.

The 2014 pales in comparison, lacks the balance of the 2013 and is just not that interesting...and the extent of the variation between the two leads me to believe that the difference is not a matter age and more time in bottle.

It’s not the kind of wine to have with a full meal.  Think sheep’s cheese with basil or mint...or anything that you would pair with membrillo.

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