Name: Maipe
Variety: 100% Malbec
Region: Mendoza
Country: Argentina
Year: 2015
Price: Regular $12 Sale $6.95
Shop/wine critic/winery review: "The 2015 Maipe Malbec is another 100% Malbec, with a deep purple color and a style similar to the Lexicon, with chocolaty, blackcurrant, and blackberry fruit, as well as touches of licorice and earth. It is delicious, soft, and round. 87 points." Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (March 2016), Excellent Wine Values for Under $25
My review: A powerful bouquet of buttered toast hit me alongside an equally potent blackberry jam aroma. This would make an excellent breakfast! And also reminds me a bit of grape flavored gummies or fruit leather, so basically that jammy component. I don't typically like the "jammy taste" of wine, but this one actually surprised me by not showing that in the mouth feel at all, which I am thankful for just staying in the aroma. The taste had more of an old school style to it that the aroma, which balanced the wine out in a cool way. It had a match stick component alongside charcoal. It would have been excellent with some barbecue! It was a very summer/fall evening kind of drink that is good for cool evenings around the grill or bonfire. A bit dry and had some subtle cranberry aspects to it as well. I really enjoyed this wine and would recommend it.
This wine was tasted at the Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, Virginia without food.
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