Argentinian Wine

Wine Wednesday: Layer Cake Malbec 2008, $13 tastes like $30-50

May 12, 2010
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If you like Malbec wines, you’re going to love this Layer Cake.  Beware though, it’s a bold one. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate gave this wine a 91 rating and said “Dense, with notes of blackberry, earth and roasted meats. Add a hint of barbecue spice, this wine exhibits great fruit, delicious full bodied texture, silky tannins and a long finish. It does taste more like a $30-$50 bottle of Malbec than one that can be [...]

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Wine Wednesday – Altocedro Malbec 2008

August 26, 2009
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Once again I had a Bevmo coupon so I placed an online order and ducked into the store to pick it up.  This wine caught my eye because it’s a Malbec (which as you can see we are huge fans of) and secondly Bevmo’s Wilfred Wong gave it a 93 rating.  I don’t usually buy based on his ratings because we disagree with him sometimes but I figured this wine was probably good because of the [...]

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Wine Wednesday – Callia Alta Torrontes 2008

August 5, 2009
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Ifirst had this wine at C Level restaurant in San Diego. It was their happy hour white wine. I hadn’t heard of it but it was too good of a deal to pass up. I liked it, but forgot the name. My father in law remembered it and bought it at Bevmo. Once I see the bottle label (forgot to look at it at C Level), then I usually remember. So last week at La Jolla Bevmo, [...]

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Wine Wednsday – Naiara Reserva Malbec 2006

August 5, 2009
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The theme of this Wine Wednesday is unintentionally Argentina. This wine was recommended to me by a commentor on my Norton Reserva Malbec post. At my next Costco shopping trip, I saw it and bought a lot. The price tag there is $8.99 so given the glowing recommendation of my commenter (who I believe distributes the wine) and Costco, we bought a lot. The 2005 vintage got a 90 rating from Wine Advocate and from [...]

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Wine Wednesday – Norton Reserva Malbec 2006 (Revised)

July 15, 2009
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I reviewed this wine back in July and since then have had it a few more times. Right now, Costco is having a wine sale via coupons they hand out at the door. With coupon this wine was $10.19. That’s way down from the over $15 I paid (see below) in July. The coupon sale runs through 11/29 so do check it out. Anyway, we served this to guests over the weekend. We opened 2 [...]

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