2008 Deumayen Wines Malbec Trez Reserva Mendoza
Producer: Deumayen Wines
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Malbec
Origin: Argentina
Region: Argentina
91 Points | International Wine Cellar , March 2012
Good full ruby-red. Ripe currant, blueberry, spicecake and sexy oak on the nose and palate. Suave, vinous and nicely delineated; a rather claret-like midweight with real energy. The berry flavors are complicated by tobacco leaf and fresh herbs. Finishes sexy and long, with firm tannins and excellent intensity.
90 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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About Argentina
Until the early 1990s, Argentina's wine industry was focused inward, as the local market's thirst was sufficient to absorb the huge quantities of everyday drinking wine produced there. But with per-capita consumption in the domestic market in sharp decline since the mid-1970s, Argentina's wine producers realized that they had to look to export markets to remain in business, and winemaking in Argentina began its transformation.
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Malbec
The Malbec grape may have originated in southwest France, where it still is grown under the name Cot. However, the grape's international profile has surged not because of what's going on in France, but rather because of current trends in Argentina.
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