��� 2006-12-16, 5:03 p.m.
Malbec, Anyone?
I thought it was so funny that kungfukitten was drinking Malbec last night because that's what has been open in my house the last couple of days and I was thinking, "I should really write a review of this wine on my diary." Now everyone will think I'm copying KFK because she's like, supercool and we all want to be like her. Well, dammit, maybe I do but that's not why I'm writing about Trapiche Oak Case Malbec.
I had a bad Malbec experience a while ago and have thus shunned an otherwise perfectly acceptable wine. The Trapiche was recommended to us so I decided to give it a try. I think this wine got better after being open for a day or two, but it was still pretty good on the first day. It has a great jammy bouquet, the kind I like to just inhale and inhale until my husband says, "Stop sniffing it and drink already." It's nice and plummy (is that a word?) fairly low tannings for a young wine (2004) and is a pretty darn good wine overall.
I found a review on Vinvinodirect.com that describes it thusly: Dark red with hints of violet, intense and appealing in colour, predominant juicy aromas of berries and plum jam, the light oak enhanced into a vanilla, biscuity touch warm smooth balance.
I thought biscuity was a term used to describe champagne? Who knew.
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