You can find any number of Argentine Malbecs made with 100% Malbec grapes. But it is often used in blends. Because it is less tannic than Cabernet Sauvignon and brings brilliant, intense color to ...

While Malbec is the grape that put Argentine wine on the world map, many wine lovers have forgotten that this bold variety is a French immigrant. Frenchman Michel Pouget brought the grape to Argentina ...

Bizarrely, it wasn’t the Malbecs that blew me away, but two grapes I hadn’t associated with Argentina before: Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc. I felt naughty, like I was cheating on Malbec ...

Containers of freshly harvested Malbec grapes in front of the vineyard, with the Andes mountain range in the background. Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. The grapes are grown in Mendoza’s high ...

Paul wanted to learn more about how old vine Malbec would express different terroirs, sense of place, because affinity for terroir expression is one of the markers of a high-quality grape variety.

Same grape, very different wines. Also known as Cot or Auxerrois back home in France, Malbec from there is now often described as being more elegant—what some would call an old-world style ...