This wine falls into the 2nd category. It's a cabernet/malbec/merlot blend from Argentina with a high alcohol content (14.5%). It came highly recommended from Bruce at Stew Leonard's, who told me that the wine shop there is now catering almost exclusively to people like me, people who appreciate a fine wine & are willing to try something new.
This wine is very light, though not light-colored, in the glass. The wine falls in a sheet down the side of the glass, reminiscent of a sauvignon blanc. Odd, but manageable.
Prepare for a shock when you smell this wine. On the nose, all I can smell is rubbing alcohol. Rubbing alcohol like when you were a kid & you fell, and Mom came to the rescue to clean the scrape before putting Neosporin & a Band-Aid on top. Obviously, this is due to the high alcohol content, but it still comes as a shock when you continually sniff the glass to see what other scent is in there, but nothing else comes on.
On the palate, this wine is kind of ho-hum. It tastes exactly as the back of the bottle describes it: "a...subtle combination of Cabernet sauvignon, Malbec and Merlot...combining the landscape and the spirit with which we wish to pay homage to our land." Read between the lines: this wine tastes like how a winery smells. You know that scent if you've been to even a local winery, the raw wood, the dirty hay, the damp earth, and the peppery alcohol. That's exactly what this wine tastes like. It tastes like you put ye olde vineyard wine shoppe in the blender.
Overall, I'm a little disappointed in this wine. I can think of better wines at this price point. While I'm feeling good after one glass & I most certainly won't be dumping it down the drain (alcohol abuse!), I will not be purchasing it again.
However, if you, the reader, are interested in dirty, earthy red wines, I encourage you to find out more information about this wine at www.flichman.com.ar or www.evaton.com.
Cheers!
Kate
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