Why you'll love it
Estate-grown at 1,200m in Gualtallary, this vegan-friendly Malbec showcases purity and minimal intervention at great value.
Medium-bodied with ripe plums, dark cherries, blackberry, and a hint of cocoa. Fresh acidity and smooth tannins balance the palate.
Grilled meats, burgers, roast duck, or charcuterie.
Best known in Mendoza, Cahors
Argentina's signature red. Dark plum, blackberry and violets, with a soft, velvety texture that makes it very easy to like, with high-altitude Mendoza vineyards keeping it fresh. In its original home, Cahors, it makes firmer, darker and more rustic wines.
Argentina
The Andes as backdrop, altitude as climate control. Mendoza produces the vast majority of Argentina's wine — Malbec above all — from vineyards that sit at 600–1,500 metres above sea level. The altitude brings freshness to what might otherwise be overwhelmingly ripe fruit. Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley are the finest sub-regions.
Mendoza, Argentina
Finca Sophenia is an Argentinian producer in Mendoza, with high-altitude vineyards in Gualtallary. Love Wine stocks the Altosur Malbec and the Malbec Reserve, the latter made under biodynamic-minded winemaker Matías Michelini.
More from Sophenia →From Finca Sophenia, a top Argentinian producer, the Altosur range offers accessible wines from high-altitude vineyards.
If you like these, you'll love this: Fans of fruit-driven, elegant Malbecs with a touch of minerality.
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