Majestic Wine

Viñalba Malbec Reserva 2010 Mendoza

Brimming with ripe dark plum fruit flavours, a perfect smoothness and balanced structure gives an incredibly long lingering finish that just rolls on and on.

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Gestos Malbec 2010/2011 Finca Flichman, Mendoza

Technically, this wine is a 'Malbec/Malbec' blend - with 50% of the fruit coming from vineyards at 700m above sea level and 50% coming from 1,100m.

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Argento Malbec 2010/2011 Mendoza

Ripe bramble and spicy blackberry notes on the nose are echoed on the richly textured palate, with hints of vanilla oak and balanced acidity on the finish.

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Villa Maria Private Bin Rosé 2011 East Coast

Pale and delicate, yet nicely defined, the wine offers aromas of wild strawberries and ripe forest fruits. Medium-bodied for a rosé, with a fine balance between lush fruit and refreshing acidity.

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Viñalba Malbec Touriga Nacional 2009

An intriguing blend of mature-vine Malbec with the traditional Port grape, Touriga Nacional, in a dry and fruit-driven style.

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Esperanza Malbec 2010/2011 Mendoza

This is a rich, ripe wine with plenty of smooth black fruit and warming hints of spice. On the palate it is just as fruity with soft tannins and a long finish.

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Vallée Blanche Malbec 2010 PGI Pays d'Oc

This Malbec has been produced in a small area close to St. Chinian. It strikes an excellent balance between the traditionally robust and tannic wines of Cahors and the more fruit driven Malbecs from the New World.

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Mendel Malbec 2009 Mendoza

From one of Argentina's most well-established vineyards, this Malbec is grown on 80-year-old vines, situated at over 1000m above sea level in the Lujan de Cuyo area of Mendoza. Winemaker Roberto de la Mota is acknowledged as one of Argentina's best.

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Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot Cabernet 2009/2010 Hawkes Bay

This 'Bordeaux blend' comes from various sites within Hawkes Bay, including the famed Gimblett Gravels area, which provides a warm climate and stony, free-draining soils, suiting the Bordeaux grape varieties superbly.

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Château de Gaudou Cuvée Tradition 2010 Cahors

Lots of ripe, black fruit with the Merlot rounding out the tannins to give a softer, more approachable appeal.

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Lunta Malbec 2009/2010 Mendel Wines, Mendoza

Deep and inky, the wine exhibits ripe raspberry, plum and bramble on the nose, followed by vanilla and toast from 12 months in French oak. Voluptuous tannin and lush forest fruits fill the palate.

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Viñalba Gran Reserva Malbec 2009 Mendoza

This fine Malbec comes from Mendoza's Lujan de Cuyo region, and is the flagship wine in the Viñalba range. Created by Hervé Fabre, one of the first Bordeaux-schooled winemakers to come to in Argentina, and to recognise Malbec's potential in its high-altitude terroirs.

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