Red
Valley View Vineyard Malbec
Santa Barbara County · Central Coast · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Malbec
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Santa Barbara County · Central Coast
- Appellation
- Santa Barbara County
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
beef · barbecue
Rated vintages
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201389 pts
A smoky aroma of plum-sauce-coated beef roast wafts on the nose of this lush bottling, which also offers white pepper and lilac. Plump berries and a fine-grained tannic structure consume the palate, finishing on a light caramel note.
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201086 pts
You'll find lots of upfront blackberry, black currant, roasted meat and cedar flavors in this dry Malbec. It's a little soft, but easy to drink now, especially with beef.
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200681 pts
Too sweet in jellied blackberries and cherries, and too acidic, which gives it the taste of a sauce in a Chinese restaurant.