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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Not Chile, and not Malbec. Vineyard in Gualtallary in Mendoza's Uco Valley pictured above courtesy of Zuccardi, who grow ...