Bodega la Rural San Felipe Classic Malbec

Bodega la Rural San Felipe Classic Malbec from Mendoza Argentina. Spicy, full and round, dark fruit. Well made. Ripe black fruit and spice, some raisins and soft tannins. Not too firm, but fortunately still not a softy. Malbec: grown mainly in Bordeaux and southwestern France. The wines from this grape are characterised by intense and earthy fruit on the nose, combined with a soft, also earthy and spicy taste. The malbec shows a strong tendency to coulure, which results in a small harvest. Also called cot. In the wine region of Cahors and Saint Emilion Pressac becomes the grape auxerrois named The birthplace of Malbec, like many other grapes, is in France. Here the grape is also called cot. What many people do not know is that the Malbec grape plays a (small) role in the world-famous Bordeaux blend. The Malbec grape variety was popular in the Bordeaux region in the late 19th century. Indeed, during this period, the grape was widely, almost routinely, used in the best Bordeaux wines. MEET THE WINEMAKER