Malbec

		Varietals:	100% Malbec
		Vineyard:	Finca Don Umberto Vineyard age: 25 years
		Appellation:	Santa Rosa, Argentina
		Fermentation:	Open Top Fermenters
		Wood:	6 Months in Oak
		Aging:	6 months in bottles

WINEMAKER NOTES: Intense ruby colour with violet hues. Its aroma is laced with hints of red cherries, plums and sweet ripe grapes. The wine is silky and well balanced to the palate.

Malbec: Malbec is a dark-skinned variety of grape used in red wine. Malbec wines tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins. Long known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine, the French plantations of Malbec are now found primarily in Cahors in the South West France region. It is increasingly celebrated as an Argentine varietal wine. It is also grown in Chile, on Long Island, New York, and in the cooler regions of California.

The name Malbec is supposed to come from the surname of a Hungarian peasant who should have brought it to France.

Malbec is the dominant red varietal in Cahors where the Appellation Controlée regulations for Cahors require a minimum content of 70%.

Introduced to Argentina by French agricultural engineer Michel Pouget in 1868, Malbec is widely planted in Argentina producing a softer, less-tannic driven variety than the wines of Cahors. The best examples of these wines come from the Argentine region of Mendoza. In Argentina, where Malbec seems to have found a natural home, the grape is used to produce very popular varietal wines. It is now thought that the variety known as Fer in that country is a clone.

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