Malbec (干红)
Malbec
Wine Style:
It’s full-bodied, rustic with softer flavors and firm tannins.
Flavors:
Origin:
France
Found:
France, South America, Australia and Chile
Malbec has a different name and is known as Auxerrois in Cahors, Cot in the Loire and Malbec in Argentina, since then, this grape has undergone a mini renaissance back in the 1990s, largely fuelled by its success in South America. It used to be a staple component of the Bordeaux Blend, but it never recovered fully from the 1956 frosts and its plantings there have almost ceased to exist as growers have replaced it with more fashionable, and crucially, more durable grapes.
It is still grown successfully in South West France where its most famous wine is Cahors. This wine used to be black as coal and tough as leather but improvements in viticultural and vinification techniques have led to riper, softer, more approachable wines that are now amongst the best of the region.
In Argentina it is widely grown and produces deep coloured wines with generous black fruit characteristics, balanced acidity and smooth tannins. It is either bottled on its own or as part of a Bordeaux blend. In Chile it is the 3rd most widely planted grape after Cabernet Sauvignon and tends to produce firmer, more tannic wines than its Argentinean neighbors. In Chile it is often blended with Merlot and Petit Verdot.
Further Reading:
Wikipedia
Wine Pros
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Appellation America
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