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Malbec is the steakhouse favourite, but its story starts in Cahors, where its dark wines were once called 'black wine'. This quick guide explains how high-altitude Mendoza gives it colour and freshness, why France struggles with it, and how oak, ripeness and blending change the style.
Page two compares eight regions, from Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley to Cahors and the Loire, with bottles to try, the names Malbec hides behind and four styles with food matches.
What's inside
Malbec at a glance: home, parents, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from sour cherry to fig
How altitude, soil and sun shape the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Eight key regions compared, with a bottle to try at every price
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing
Malbec is the steakhouse favourite, but its story starts in Cahors, where its dark wines were once called 'black wine'. This quick guide explains how high-altitude Mendoza gives it colour and freshness, why France struggles with it, and how oak, ripeness and blending change the style.
Page two compares eight regions, from Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley to Cahors and the Loire, with bottles to try, the names Malbec hides behind and four styles with food matches.
What's inside
Malbec at a glance: home, parents, body and other names
A cool-to-warm flavour scale, from sour cherry to fig
How altitude, soil and sun shape the wine, what the winemaker does, and the oak dial
Eight key regions compared, with a bottle to try at every price
Label names that don't mention the grape, styles with food matches, serving and ageing