Wine Education - Malbec

Wine Tasting at all FOUR locations

Taste a few Malbecs at all four of our locations this Saturday, May 4 from 11am-4pm. (each store will also have other wines out to taste)

A little more education: We are going to try to feature either a grape or a wine region each week at our stores. We will give you some background information on the grape or region and feature a wine that highlights what we are featuring. We will taste that wine on Saturday at all four of our locations. We will post it here in our blog and send it out in our emails - click here to sign up for our emails

I have started a new label "Education" that you can hit to read all the education articles (see the right column under the heading "labels".

Grape: Malbec

image from Wikipedia

Malbec:
 Though Malbec has become synonymous with the Argentine wine industry, the grape has its roots in France bottled on its own in Cahors and as one of the 5 Bordeaux varietals (along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot).  A relatively thin skinned varietal, Malbec, when allowed to fully mature offers a robust color and flavor.  It is used most often in Bordeaux to add color and structure to the Cabernet and Merlot based wines of the Medoc and Pomerol.  While Malbec’s presence in Bordeaux has declined over the last 3 decades due to its finicky nature and smaller yields,  the grape still thrives in Cahors and has certainly taken root in Argentina . Malbec has become the flagship varietal of the Argentine wine industry, where the high altitude and long cool growing season has tamed the intense tannic nature of the Malbec grape and has produced some of the great wines and wine values over the last decade.

Two Malbecs we will feature this Saturday for tasting.

2008 Chateau Ponzac Cahors France….$19.99
2011 Alfredo Roca Malbec Mendoza Argentina…$11.99