By variety :: Malbec
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Cheval des Andes, 2007Our price: £59.60This joint venture between Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes originated as Director Pierre Lurton sought out a special international terroir in which to apply the storied blending heritage of the French château. Lurton was intrigued by the notion of unearthing a connection with the Saint Émilion past: Malbec, decimated by phylloxera in the 1860s and wiped out as one of the most important varieties in Saint Émilion and Pomerol, has since been reincarnated in ungrafted form in Argentina and now produces some of the world's best. This wine, made using Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and a small percentage of Petit Verdot, spends 18 months in French oak.
Heritage du Cèdre Château du Cèdre 2010Our price: £10.95Pascal Verhaeghe has been the driving force behind the Cahors 'Quality Charter', and this is obvious in his wines. The estate was originally created by Charles Verhaeghe on vineyard devastated by the frosts in 1956 in Viré-Sur-Lot. His sons Pascal and Jean-Marc studied winemaking, the former in Burgundy and California, the latter in Bordeaux. Ecological methods eschewing weedkillers and chemical fertilizers, austere pruning, leaf stripping (for greater sun exposure and air circulation), and harvesting at extreme phenolic ripeness yield the superb raw material that create these fabulous wines. The Verhaeghe family aim for soft, rich and ripe wines using gentle extraction, long vattings and understated use of oak.
Malbec Selection, Terrazas de los Andes, 2009Our price: £13.75Building on 45 years of research into and development of Mendoza's terraced microclimates, Terrazas de los Andes has fostered a core philosophy based upon Argentina's primary advantage in the world of winemaking: high elevation grape cultivation. The winery uses Mendoza's unique topography in the foothills of the Andes to capture the essence of Argentine fruit expression and forge a distinct national style, and in the process has emerged as one of the country's true pioneers.
Malbec, Kaiken, 2010Our price: £9.50"It was precisely the wines of Argentina that attracted Montes into that country. For that same reason we imposed upon ourselves, right from the start, in 2001, the task of acquiring for KAIKEN the best grapes produced in the area. We went through all the best grape producing estates, finally deciding for the exceptional quality of that in the First Zone (Maipú, Cruz de Piedra, Ugarteche, Agrelo) as well as from Valle de Uco. Along with a hard selection of the best producers, we meticulously supervise each step and work in the vineyard from start to finish of each growing season, observing well each little detail. This,to attain the full potential from the best grapes".
Montes Classic Series, Malbec, 2010Our price: £9.00MONTES – Aurelio Montes, Douglas Murray
