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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 7:54 am
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Argentine Cognac......

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Old May 25, 2013 | 7:58 am
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New kid on the Malbec block..... (good stuff and Organic too)

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Old May 29, 2013 | 4:31 am
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I like Familia Robello - had it at Francis Mallman in Mendoza (try the restaurant too)
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Old May 29, 2013 | 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by Pacha
I like Familia Robello - had it at Francis Mallman in Mendoza (try the restaurant too)
Mallmann's place in Mendoza I know.... but I will confess to never have heard of Familia Robello...
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Old Dec 22, 2013 | 4:56 am
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Post a tale of Malbecs.....
I organized a tasting of 18 top malbecs for a group of Hong Kong based "whinos" yesterday at a high end dead cow place.... it was a very long evening with a lot of very good Malbec. I created three different categories, according to the price of the bottles. Here are the winners....

Value Malbecs
Gold Medal - Escorihuela Gascon Pequenias Producciones Malbec
Silver Medal - Rutini Coleccion Malbec
Bronze Medal - Jorge Catena Zapata Ricominciare Altisimo Malbec

Premium Malbecs
Gold Medal - Catena Zapata Angelica Zapata Malbec Alta
Silver Medal - Matilde Lamadrid Single Vineyard Malbec
Bronze Medal (tie) - Rutini Antologia XXXI and Mendel Finca Remota SV Malbec

High End / Cult Malbecs
Gold Medal - Rutini Apartado GRAN Malbec
Silver Medal - Parcela 26 Malbec
Bronze Medal - Cobos Malbec Marchiori Vineyard
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Old Dec 22, 2013 | 10:35 am
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For reference, could you provide the general price ranges of the value, premium, and high end categories?

Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
I organized a tasting of 18 top malbecs for a group of Hong Kong based "whinos" yesterday at a high end dead cow place.... it was a very long evening with a lot of very good Malbec. I created three different categories, according to the price of the bottles. Here are the winners....

Value Malbecs
Gold Medal - Escorihuela Gascon Pequenias Producciones Malbec
Silver Medal - Rutini Coleccion Malbec
Bronze Medal - Jorge Catena Zapata Ricominciare Altisimo Malbec

Premium Malbecs
Gold Medal - Catena Zapata Angelica Zapata Malbec Alta
Silver Medal - Matilde Lamadrid Single Vineyard Malbec
Bronze Medal (tie) - Rutini Antologia XXXI and Mendel Finca Remota SV Malbec

High End / Cult Malbecs
Gold Medal - Rutini Apartado GRAN Malbec
Silver Medal - Parcela 26 Malbec
Bronze Medal - Cobos Malbec Marchiori Vineyard
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Old Dec 22, 2013 | 3:33 pm
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For reference, could you provide the general price ranges of the value, premium, and high end categories?
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 1:48 am
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As requested, here are the current (12/23/2013) prices for these Wines...

Originally Posted by Gaucho100K

Value Malbecs
Gold Medal - Escorihuela Gascon Pequenias Producciones Malbec
AR$ 235 per bottle

Silver Medal - Rutini Coleccion Malbec
AR$ 295 per bottle

Bronze Medal - Jorge Catena Zapata Ricominciare Altisimo Malbec
AR$ 280 per bottle


Premium Malbecs
Gold Medal - Catena Zapata Angelica Zapata Malbec Alta
AR$ 390 per bottle

Silver Medal - Matilde Lamadrid Single Vineyard Malbec
AR$ 480 per bottle

Bronze Medal (tie) - Rutini Antologia 31 & Mendel Finca Remota SV Malbec
AR$ 530 and AR$ 690 respectively

High End / Cult Malbecs
Gold Medal - Rutini Apartado GRAN Malbec
AR$ 950 per bottle

Silver Medal - Parcela 26 Malbec
AR$ 850 per bottle

Bronze Medal - Cobos Malbec Marchiori Vineyard
AR$ 1350 per bottle
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 4:26 am
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Having by no means tried a wide range of Malbecs, one of my favorites is the Montes Colchagua Valley 2011 from Chile. It's delicious and goes well even with light snacks/nuts for those long chats into the night.
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 7:05 am
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to get a feeling for the cost of these wines, the argentine currently trades at around 6 peso to the us dollar on the official market. the "blue market rate is 9.4 peso to the dollar.

for those available in usa, one can check wineseracher dot com
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by slawecki
to get a feeling for the cost of these wines, the argentine currently trades at around 6 peso to the us dollar on the official market. the "blue market rate is 9.4 peso to the dollar.

for those available in usa, one can check wineseracher dot com
To be conservative, I would suggest using the Xoom rate, check website at www.xoom.com
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by roverkt
Having by no means tried a wide range of Malbecs, one of my favorites is the Montes Colchagua Valley 2011 from Chile. It's delicious and goes well even with light snacks/nuts for those long chats into the night.
Guess where they get the Malbec from.......
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Old Dec 23, 2013 | 11:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
Guess where they get the Malbec from.......
Hm.. I have a niggling feeling the answer is Argentina but how did that come about?

I'd like to try out some Argentinian wines too, but they're not easy to find in Asia. Would Hong Kong be a good place to find them?
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Old Dec 24, 2013 | 6:48 am
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Originally Posted by roverkt
Hm.. I have a niggling feeling the answer is Argentina but how did that come about?

I'd like to try out some Argentinian wines too, but they're not easy to find in Asia. Would Hong Kong be a good place to find them?
tokyo(in asia) offers many malbecs
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 9:07 pm
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Originally Posted by roverkt
Hm.. I have a niggling feeling the answer is Argentina but how did that come about?

I'd like to try out some Argentinian wines too, but they're not easy to find in Asia. Would Hong Kong be a good place to find them?
Run of the mill Malbecs will be available in Hong Kong, the better stuff is harder to obtain, the best wines made in Argentina mostly don't leave the country, unless you have the right contact that's ITB. Please feel free to contact me for details on how to get wines delivered to your doorstep.

Cheers,
Alex / Gaucho100K

disclaimer: I have a horse in this race, Im an EZE based Fine Wine Merchant
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