Tasting of Malbec - Kuorio Malbec Grand Reserve 2006

Country of origin: Argentina

Wine appellation: Mendoza
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: darker red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: fruit marmalade, sour cherries

Taste: medium body, black ripe sour cherries, hint of spices, slightly higher acidity and unbalanced tannins, lower extract, oak almost not visible despite 6 months on oak according to the label, flatter in the mid profile, medium finish
Overall score: 4+6+10+5+6=81
Price: CZK 149

Stopper: single piece cork

Basic Malbec, although aged six months on barrique the oak is hardly noticeable.