Malbec

Soft and supple on the palate, with notes of dark plum, espresso and a distinctive touch of mocha enveloped in a silky vanilla oak cloak.

Malbec is a purple grape variety. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. The French plantations of Malbec are now found primarily in Cahors in South West France. It is increasingly celebrated as an Argentine varietal wine and is being grown around the world.  A popular but unconfirmed theory claims that Malbec is named after a Hungarian peasant who first spread the grape variety throughout France. But evidence suggest that Côt was the variety's original name and that it probably originated in northern Burgundy.