Wines of Argentina tasting today!!

Even with the horrendous snow storm here, I am about set to go downtown so stay tuned!

I did however find this so lips well lubricated......>

http://www.amateurwino.com/?p=469#more-469

Don't touch anything above 12.5%!

Good reminder Oswaldo!

Overall, the trade tasting was poorly supported but guess snow storm had something to do with that. They had sold 400 tickets for the evening event and there appeared to be a great silent auction set up.

The selection of wines was interesting, 20 tables or more. Some low-end stuff I avoided and I was amazed at the price rise for Torrontes. $19 is sheer greed in my opinion.

No Achaval-Ferrer, nor Fournier. I was impressed with the Finca Decero and thought the Petit Verdot (under the table) to be excellent. The `07 Terrazas Reserva Malbec was top notch at $22 ish and loved the Cheval de los Andes, allocated at $80. There was not enough time, or willpower, to taste everything there and I missed a few...Ben Marco, Bosca, Dona Paula.

Oh, a nice Viognier from Bodega Lagarde. www.bonvidawines.com

Even with the horrendous snow storm here, I am about set to go downtown so stay tuned!

There was snow in Carcassonne yesterday . After two or three warm days last week, winter is back over Europe and with you in Alberta too.

Good reminder Oswaldo!
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No Achaval-Ferrer, nor Fournier. I was impressed with the Finca Decero and thought the Petit Verdot (under the table) to be excellent. The `07 Terrazas Reserva Malbec was top notch at $22 ish and loved the Cheval de los Andes, allocated at $80. There was not enough time, or willpower, to taste everything there and I missed a few...Ben Marco, Bosca, Dona Paula.

Oh, a nice Viognier from Bodega Lagarde. http://www.bonvidawines.com

I just came back from Argentina and had a few O.Fourniers. I don't have much experience with them but the two I had I thought were lovely.

Had lunch in San Telmo ..and dinner at Cabana Las Lilas in Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires. Both times, I endedup ordering a wine from O.Fournier.

For lunch, had a bottle of the 2002 O.Fournier Alfa Crux Blend. This was just a wonderfully balanced wine. I suspect it had plenty of punch initially, but by now it was quite together. The tempranillo dominated blend shows through with the density and structure but it had good depth and complexity, floral, spicy, good amount of wood to be sure but nice coco, fleshy, but all these components in good balance. A wonderful wine for the price.

For dinner, with such a large amount of meat that was coming my way, I wanted a bigger wine so the Sommelier selected this for us. 2006 O.Fournier Alfa Crux Malbec. This is 100% malbec and it showed. Very dense, very fleshy, deep dark in color, opaque, great goobs of blueberry, deep fruits, coco and great density. It was an impressive wine, lacking perhaps the balance of the former but there is a lot of stuffing here and might ultimately be the better wine.