Château Pineraie Malbec Merlot 2006

A.C., Cahors, France
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Natalie's Score: 87/100 Community Score: 4.4/5 Community Reviews: 2 Add My Review Product #: 78725 Wine Type: Red Wine Add to my...CellarFavouritesShopping ListWish ListWine Lists	Price: $17.95 Alcohol: 13% Drink: 2010-2014 Sweetness: Extra Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Château Pineraie Agent: M.C.O.
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Tasting note:

Vintages Wine Panel: What is Malbec like when it’s at home? Perhaps more famous these days in its Argentine incarnation, the dark beauty is enjoying a renaissance in its French hometown, Cahors. Pineraie’s version, blended with a smaller amount of Merlot, is beautifully constructed, exhibiting great balance, intensity and length. It’s medium bodied, with aromas and flavours of raspberry, blueberry and blackberry, with mineral notes and a touch of lemony celery seed. My note: A big, black bruiser of a wine that gives you a full-bodied whomp of flavour, yum! Blackberries, smoke, tar and spice. It’s a heady mix that needs to be served alongside a big steak or hamburger. Food matches: jambalaya, steak, hamburger.

Reviewed July 24, 2010 by Natalie MacLean

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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