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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 6:08 am
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Dont only look at red wines

Some lesser known varietals are also grown in Argentina, creating some very interesting (and mostly not exported) wine labels. Some of these varietals include: Barbera, Sangiovese, Tocai Friulano, Viognier, and Bonarda. Some examples:

- Escorihuela Gascon PP Barbera
- Benegas Sangiovese
- Escorihuela Viognier
- Trapiche Fond de Cave Bonarda Reserva
- Nieto Senetiner Reserva Bonarda

For those looking for dessert wines, its useful to know that almost all white dessert wines are late harvest and do not have botrytis as part of their production process. Most of Argentina´s wine country is rather dry, so for the very few botrytis wines available conditions must be created artificially. The best know example of a botrytis dessert wine is the Vin Doux Naturelle made by Rutini.

- Rutini in Doux Naturelle
- Afincado Petite Menseng

In the red dessert wine field, there are many examples of fortified wines, many of which are malbec based. Very few Passito style wines are available, the best perhaps being the Achaval Ferrer Dolce (though this is produced in incredibly small numbers and is rather expensive).

- Angel Mendoza Oportuno
- Achaval Ferrer Dolce
- Bianchi Stradivarius Porto de Magoas

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