The Marchiori and Barraud families are Mendoza royalty when it comes to growing grapes and making wines. The Marchioris own and farm one of the great Malbec vineyards in the world, and Luis Barraud takes that beautiful fruit and turns it into dramatically delicious wines.
Both of these families have long-known that Mendoza is capable of producing wines that can go toe-to-toe with the best wines in the world. Andrea Marchiori and Luis Barraud met at UC-Davis, they spent a number of years with Paul Hobbs at his Vina Cobos estate, but their dream was always to make their own wines.
Their 2022 Malbec is proof that they are more than capable! I don't get excited about Malbec much, but this one has a style and substance that is typically reserved for $50+ Malbecs.
2022 Marchiori & Barraud Malbec: Why should you buy it?
- Malbec is a mixed bag. It remains a popular grape, and that means production is higher than ever and quality is far from consistent. The quality is sky high in this one for sure!
- Dark, full-bodied, and nearly opaque, this smells like plum pudding, dark cherry preserves, violet, and white pepper.
- Even better, the palate is full and packed with flavor, with silky, fine-grained tannins and a long and balanced finish. It also has good acidity and lift, something I often find lacking in Argentinian Malbec.
- Malbec loves meat! If standing rib roast is on the holiday menu, this would blow minds and rock worlds.
There you go a stylish, powerful, and elegant Malbec from two of the "First Families" of Argentinian wine. Oh yeah, the pricing is great on this one!
