Tasting - Ruta 22 Malbec
Region: Patagonia
Country: Argentina
Year: NV
Price: $7.95
Winery Review: Stout and dense from the beginning, with blackberry and violet aromas. Despite being a bold and dark Malbec, this is fresh and composed, with sweet blackberry and cassis flavors. Good on the finish, with candied fruit and caramel sweetness.
My Review: This Malbec was pretty cool. It smelled flowery, but unlike the typical sissy flower smell in fruity whites these flowers were ass-kicking, like a field of huge, chunky roses covered in fresh rain just punching me in the face with rich, dark flower power. The attack had lots of berries and fruit but towards the mid-palate I was pleased that it morphed back to the beefy man-flowers. It delivered one final tannin kick towards the end before fading away somewhat slowly. I liked this wine so much that I've decided I'm going to keep buying Malbecs whenever I get the chance to find out if Malbec could possibly replace Tempranillo as my favorite type of wine.
Winery Review: Stout and dense from the beginning, with blackberry and violet aromas. Despite being a bold and dark Malbec, this is fresh and composed, with sweet blackberry and cassis flavors. Good on the finish, with candied fruit and caramel sweetness.
My Review: This Malbec was pretty cool. It smelled flowery, but unlike the typical sissy flower smell in fruity whites these flowers were ass-kicking, like a field of huge, chunky roses covered in fresh rain just punching me in the face with rich, dark flower power. The attack had lots of berries and fruit but towards the mid-palate I was pleased that it morphed back to the beefy man-flowers. It delivered one final tannin kick towards the end before fading away somewhat slowly. I liked this wine so much that I've decided I'm going to keep buying Malbecs whenever I get the chance to find out if Malbec could possibly replace Tempranillo as my favorite type of wine.
I did not try this with food.
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