*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from F. Wildman. I find Torrontes to be a love it or hate it kind of grape. I lean towards loving it, but at times it can have an off-putting “lemon pledge” quality to the nose. Thankfully that was not the case here. We opened up the [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample in order to participate in a Taste Live Event. Here’s a Torrontes that meets all the characteristics I want when I have a bottle of it. Lovely nose, good acidity, great citrus flavors, and more. And a decent price point. Can’t beat that. The 2009 Crios Torrontes [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Argentina Taste Live Event One step closer to being caught up with my tasting notes! I can say with almost 100% certainty that I had never had a Viognier from Argentina prior to this event. I love Viognier though, so it [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Argentina Taste Live event. Here’s a wine from this tasting I will recommend wholeheartedly. The 2009 Crios Malbec Rose. I found this wine to be quite interesting, retailing at a good price point, and definitely something I would personally purchase. The [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample to participate in a Wines of Argentina Taste Live Event I don’t know that I had ever had an Argentinian Chardonnay prior to this tasting event. I’m not seeing any in my previous tasting notes, so I’m guessing the answer is no. This event provided the opportunity [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample in order to participate in a Wines of Argentina Taste Live Event. Same disclaimer as the last wine from this tasting….I’m just behind on writing up my notes. Torrontes is a wine that I have a love/hate relationship with. When it’s done right, I find Torrontes to [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine in order to participate in a Taste Live event. I’m still digging back in the archives to catch up on wines I never got around to telling you about when my posting slowed down last year. I tasted this bottle during a Wines of Argentina Twitter Taste Live event towards [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Gallo Family Wines We pulled a 2008 Alamos Malbec from Argentina out of the basement the other night. It retails for about $13, clocks in at 13.5% alcohol by volume, and had a Diam closure. On first sniff I was turned off by this wine. It [...]
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Gallo Family Wines. I found this wine hiding in a box I thought was empty in the basement. That occasionally happens given the size of my basement and the number of boxes down there. I can’t even remember the last time I opened one of my [...]
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*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Pasternak Wine Imports This wine has it all for $8. I don’t drink much Malbec from Argentina. I often find them to be just a bit too brash and wild for my taste. However, this Malbec had everything I like about Malbec and a great price [...]
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