Red

Benvenuto de la Serna Malbec (Uco Valley)

Benvenuto de la Serna

Uco Valley · Argentina

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Malbec
Country
Argentina
Region
Uco Valley
Appellation
Uco Valley
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

carne vermelha assada · cordeiro · churrasco · guisado · queijos curados

Rated vintages

  • 201489 pts

    Challenging aromas of roasted beet, horseradish, herbal blackberry and animal hide lead to a meaty dense palate with rock-hard tannins. Flavors of black plum, blackberry and toasty oak are fiery, intense and carry over to a hot finish.

  • 201087 pts

    Dark, full and very oaky on the nose, this extracted Malbec is ripe and toasty smelling. Tannic, stacked and chewy in the mouth, with flavors of roasted blackberry, raw oak, chocolate and clove, this finishes with a ton of unabsorbed oak and related flavors of clove and mint.

  • 200990 pts

    Jammy berry fruits, violet notes and graham cracker define the bouquet on this high-quality, good-value Malbec. The palate isn't huge but it's well structured, and the flavors are exotic and out of the ordinary, with an emphasis on Middle Eastern spice and blue-fruit flavors. On…