Finca La Chamiza Martin Alsina Malbec 2006

Mendoza, Argentina
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Natalie's Score: 91/100 Community Score: 4.6/5 Community Reviews: 2 Add My Review Product #: 95539 Wine Type: Red Wine	Price: $43.95 Alcohol: 15% Drink: Now Sweetness: Extra Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Finca La Chamiza Martin Alsina Agent: Select Wine Merchants Inc.

Tasting note:

Vintages Wine Panel: Don Martin Alsina founded La Chamiza estate in 1918 to fulfill his dream of raising Polo horses. Polo, incidentally, is immensely popular in Argentina. Today, La Chamiza is raising vines rather than horses, and this flagship Malbec, sourced from century-old vines, is a true thoroughbred. Aged for 12 months in French oak and another year in bottle, it is bursting with ripe red and black fruits as well as notes of mocha, supported by firm but elegant tannins. A Silver Medal winner at the 2008 International Wine & Spirits Competition in London. My note: A top-notch Malbec with that magic combination of Old World structure, balance and elegance and New World fruit, power and depth. Full-bodied with incredible length. Get in the groove for dinner with this wine. Food matches: rack of lamb, stew, hamburgers, pizza, pork cooked in prunes.

Reviewed May 2, 2009 by Natalie MacLean

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

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