You Think You Know Malbec Wine. You Are Wrong.
A new wave of subtle, structured wines out of Argentina are poised to change the way the world sees the famous fruit bomb grape.
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First, a confession. I’ve long thought malbecs from Argentina vastly overrated, slack-jawed big reds found hanging out in bad steakhouses and touted as $15 retail bargains.
So when a host of new, elite versions costing more than $100 a bottle recently came on the scene I didn’t expect to be won over. But I was. Really.