The Wine: 2008 Malbec
The Price: $11.99 at QFC
High Note is an Argentinian winery, with the grapes originating from the foothills of the Andes near Mendoza. As far as I've been able to find out, the Malbec is the only wine that High Note produces.
The wine bottle was stopped with a natural cork and decanted 1 1/4 hours before tasting. This wine is a blend of 85% Malbec, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Viognier and 2% Petit Verdot. The wine is very deep purple in color and has aromas of prunes, blackberries, cherries, vanilla and cassis.
This is a very smooth and well-balanced Malbec. It's flavor is anchored by berry and cherry, with a very mild vanilla undertone and just a splash of pepper. It's a very nice Malbec, and is a great bargain for the price.
These guys are focusing on just one wine, and they are doing a great job of it.
2 comments:
I wonder where I can find this in VA?? Thanks for posting!
They don't have a distributor in Virginia. It is being sold by Wine.com (http://www.wine.com/V6/High-Note-Elevated-Malbec-2008/wine/100497/detail.aspx?s=GoogleBase&cid=GoogleBase).
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