2006 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva - $17 from the Mendoza region of Argentina. Aromas of fresh, ripe dark fruits and wood. The wine has great colors of dark red and blackish purple that extends all the way to the glass. The taste is of lush ripe dark fruits, plum and blackberries. This wine is full bodied but smooth, almost like a nice napa cabernet in that sense. The tannins and oak of this wine are well integrated giving this wine balance. This wine is excellent, I highly recommend it, this bottle can easily hang with wines costing two to three times as much. It doesn't seem to have quiet the earthy characteristics that are common with malbecs but that doesn't matter because all it's other qualities work together so well. No one aspect of the wine is overpowering, it has the balance that makes a great wine. The Norton Malbec Reserva is easy to find, I've seen it in many grocery stores. This wine is very consistent I usually get a bottle each vintage and there are very few vines that I go to every vintage. If you like 100% cabernet sauvignon from Napa I recommend trying this wine due to it's similar lush dark fruit qualities. This wine should cellar easily for 5 years if not longer.
*the '05 vintage is pictured, '06 look the same except for a silver line going across the bottom label
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