The Wine: 2008 Reserve Malbec
The Price: $10.99 at QFC
Red Rock is a California winery. The grapes are sourced from multiple appellations. Their website implies that this wine is a blend of varietals, but it doesn't state what blend is used in the wine.
The bottle was stopped with a composite cork and was decanted an hour before tasting.
The wine is dark purple in color and has aromas of cassis, cherry, blackberry and black tea.
The wine has bland flavors of cherry and blackberry and a very mild spice finish. It is smooth, but lacking flavor. All in all, it is very disappointing. There are many good Malbecs out there, but this isn't one of them. It would be a poor value at $5, but at $11 it's a plain rip-off.
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