Another Argentina Beauty

Hey Winos!

First of all I need to correct an error in yesterday's post. The average cost of an acre in Napa is $190k, not $1900! Sorry about that!

Another little gem from Argentina, this time Astica (which means flower) Malbec. This wine is deep violet in color with slightly sweet fruit up front. (when you first put in your mouth) At $6.99 a bottle at Binny's or Wine Discount Center, you should get all over this!

Malbec is the flagship red varietal from Argentina. Italy has the sangiovese grape, Argentina has this one. For many years a good many of the producers were sending their wine to the US with Merlot on the label. They thought they were growing Merlot! Then the French showed up to buy some land (Rothschlid) and the proud grape grower showed him a vineyard planted with what he thought was Merlot... and Rothschild stated to him that it was in fact Malbec! Funny thing happened after that... their sales went in the toilet! The Americans did not know what a Malbec was so they didn't buy it!

Of course many years later and we Americans know what Malbec is... a great wine for a great price!

Cheers!

J