Following is a list of 125 wines from Argentina which we have tasted and rated.
|
Type |
Name |
Producer |
Province |
Vintage |
Rating (1) |
Price (2) |
|
Barbera |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
7.00 |
|
Bonarda |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1998 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Bonarda |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Bonarda |
Crotta |
Bodegas y Vinedos Crotta S.A. |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
6.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos |
Nicolas Catena, Catena Zapata |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos |
Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
2001 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1997 |
86 |
8.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1998 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
2000 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Bianchi |
Elsa's Vineyard |
Mendoza |
1987 |
50 |
5.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Catena |
Agrelo Vineyards, Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
15.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Catena |
Agrelo Vineyards, Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
1999 |
86 |
16.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Correas |
Navarro Correas S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
7.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Fabre Montmayou |
Domaine Vistalba S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
87 |
11.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Flichman |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1995 |
86 |
7.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Rio de Plata |
Etchart |
Mendoza |
1995 |
83 |
8.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
San Felipe |
Family Reserve |
Mendoza |
1988 |
80 |
7.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Suter |
Suter |
Mendoza |
1997 |
84 |
|
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1995 |
87 |
8.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1996 |
82 |
6.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
2000 |
87 |
8.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Villa Nueva |
Bodegas Santa Ana S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
87 |
8.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Vinas de Orfila |
Vinas de Orfila |
Mendoza |
1986 |
86 |
6.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon |
Vinterra |
Vinterra |
San Juan |
2000 |
86 |
5.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon - Malbec |
Sainsbury's |
Bodegas Penaflor |
Mendoza |
83 |
6.00 |
|
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon - Malbec |
Sainsbury's |
Bodegas Penaflor |
Mendoza |
86 |
6.00 |
|
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon - Merlot |
Santa Ana |
Santa Ana |
Mendoza |
1994 |
82 |
4.00 |
|
Cabernet-Sauvignon - Merlot |
Trivento |
Trivento Bodegas y Vinedos S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
87 |
8.00 |
|
Chardonnay |
Alamos |
Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
2001 |
89 |
10.00 |
|
Chardonnay |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1998 |
85 |
10.00 |
|
Chardonnay |
Valentin Bianchi |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2000 |
85 |
13.00 |
|
Chardonnay |
Vinas de Orfila |
Vinas de Orfila |
Mendoza |
1992 |
88 |
6.00 |
|
Chenin Blanc |
Bianchi |
Elsa's Vineyard |
Mendoza |
1991 |
50 |
5.00 |
|
Malbec |
Alamos |
Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
2001 |
88 |
10.00 |
|
Malbec |
Alamos Ridge |
Nicolas Catena, Bodegas Esmeralda |
Mendoza |
1998 |
90 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Alfredo Roca |
Alfredo Roca |
Mendoza |
1998 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Altos de Medrano |
Altos de Medrano S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Altos Las Hormigas |
Altos de Medrano S.A. |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Altos Las Hormigas |
Altos de Medrano S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Argento |
Bodegas Esmeralda, Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
2002 |
88 |
11.00 |
|
Malbec |
Balbi |
Balbi Vineyard |
Mendoza |
1999 |
86 |
8.00 |
|
Malbec |
Bianchi |
Elsa's Vineyard |
Mendoza |
1990 |
83 |
6.00 |
|
Malbec |
Canale |
Humberto Canale |
Rio Negro |
2001 |
88 |
15.00 |
|
Malbec |
Cavas del Valle |
Bodegas Giaquinta |
Mendoza |
2000 |
82 |
|
|
Malbec |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
1998 |
89 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
2001 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
7.00 |
|
Malbec |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2001 |
87 |
7.00 |
|
Malbec |
Etchart Cafayate |
Etchart Cafayate |
Salta |
2000 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Fabre Montmayou |
Domaine Vistalba S.A. |
Mendoza |
1995 |
84 |
8.00 |
|
Malbec |
Finca el Retiro |
Pacifico Tittarelli S.A. |
Mendoza |
1998 |
90 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Flichman |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1996 |
70 |
7.00 |
|
Malbec |
Humberto Canale |
Humberto Canale |
Rio Negro |
2000 |
89 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Lurton |
Bodega Jacques & Francois Lurton |
Mendoza |
1997 |
85 |
5.00 |
|
Malbec |
Mariposa |
Tapiz |
Mendoza |
1998 |
84 |
6.00 |
|
Malbec |
Picajuan Peak |
La Agricola S.A. |
Mendoza |
2002 |
85 |
7.00 |
|
Malbec |
San Huberto |
San Huberto |
La Rioja |
87 |
8.00 |
|
|
Malbec |
Santa Ana |
Santa Ana |
Mendoza |
1999 |
85 |
|
|
Malbec |
Toso |
Bodegas y Vinedos Pascual Toso S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
86 |
6.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1997 |
85 |
7.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
8.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
8.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
2001 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Malbec |
Valentin Bianchi |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
1997 |
88 |
18.00 |
|
Malbec |
Valentin Bianchi |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
14.00 |
|
Malbec - Barbera |
Chateau Trivier |
Vina Quintana |
Mendoza |
1998 |
84 |
6.00 |
|
Malbec - Syrah |
Balbi |
Balbi Vineyard |
Mendoza |
1997 |
85 |
5.00 |
|
Malbec - Tempranillo |
Vicuna Peak |
Vicuna Peak |
Mendoza |
1997 |
80 |
|
|
Mendoza |
Sainsbury's |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
85 |
5.00 |
|
|
Mendoza Red Table Wine |
Pequena Vasija |
Vina San Felipe |
Mendoza |
1987 |
77 |
5.00 |
|
Merlot |
Fabre Montmayou |
Domaine Vistalba S.A. |
Mendoza |
1997 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Merlot |
Lewellyn Estates |
Lewellyn Estates |
Mendoza |
1995 |
81 |
4.00 |
|
Merlot |
Marcus James |
Chais de Marcus James Vineyards |
Mendoza |
1997 |
86 |
6.00 |
|
Merlot |
Rio de Plata |
Etchart |
Mendoza |
1997 |
83 |
6.00 |
|
Merlot |
Santa Ana |
Santa Ana |
Mendoza |
1995 |
84 |
5.00 |
|
Merlot |
Suter |
Suter |
Mendoza |
1998 |
86 |
|
|
Merlot |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
1996 |
90 |
10.00 |
|
Merlot |
Trumpeter |
Familia Rutini Wines |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Merlot |
Trumpeter |
Familia Rutini Wines |
Mendoza |
2001 |
88 |
9.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Cuvee de Trapiche |
Cuvee de Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1994 |
75 |
4.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Cuvee de Trapiche |
Cuvee de Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1996 |
81 |
5.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1997 |
82 |
5.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1998 |
83 |
5.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
1999 |
77 |
6.00 |
|
Merlot - Malbec |
Trapiche |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
2000 |
84 |
5.00 |
|
Pinot Noir |
Alamos |
Nicolas Catena |
Mendoza |
2001 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Pinot Noir |
Navarro Correas |
Bodegas J.E.Navarro Correas |
Mendoza |
1991 |
80 |
14.00 |
|
Pinot Noir |
Navarro Correas |
Bodegas J.E.Navarro Correas |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
15.00 |
|
Pinot Noir |
Trapiche |
Reserve |
Mendoza |
1992 |
80 |
6.00 |
|
Red |
Titarelli |
Titarelli |
Mendoza |
82 |
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|
Red wine |
Norton |
Bodega Norton, Estate Reserve |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
16.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Argenta |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1988 |
84 |
5.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Argenta |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1990 |
60 |
5.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Argenta |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1996 |
84 |
5.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
2000 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Sangiovese |
Sainsbury's |
Bodegas Trapiche |
Mendoza |
78 |
6.00 |
|
|
Sangiovese / Malbec |
Argenta |
Flichman |
Mendoza |
1996 |
84 |
5.00 |
|
Sangiovese / Malbec |
Finca de Lara |
Casa de Lara Bodegas |
Mendoza |
1995 |
75 |
5.00 |
|
Sauvignon Blanc |
Valentin Bianchi |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2001 |
88 |
12.00 |
|
Semillon-Chardonnay |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2000 |
86 |
9.00 |
|
Semillon-Chardonnay |
Elsa |
Valentin Bianchi |
Mendoza |
2001 |
86 |
9.00 |
|
Syrah |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
2000 |
89 |
10.00 |
|
Syrah |
Festivo Argentazo |
Vina Festivo Argentazo |
1997 |
85 |
5.00 |
|
|
Syrah |
Finca Flichman |
Finca Flichman |
Mendoza |
1998 |
89 |
9.00 |
|
Syrah |
Temporada |
Bodega Temporada |
Mendoza |
1996 |
83 |
8.00 |
|
Syrah |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
1999 |
88 |
8.00 |
|
Syrah |
Trumpeter |
La Rural Vinedos y Bodegas S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
88 |
8.00 |
|
Syrah |
Valle de Vistalba |
Nieto y Senetiner |
Mendoza |
1996 |
87 |
7.00 |
|
Syrah - Malbec |
Concha y Toro |
Vina Patagonia |
Mendoza |
1997 |
85 |
5.00 |
|
Syrah - Merlot |
Goyenechea |
Goyenechea |
Mendoza |
1993 |
84 |
8.00 |
|
Tempranillo |
Anubis |
Susana Balbo Winemaker |
Mendoza |
2001 |
87 |
10.00 |
|
Tempranillo |
Sainsbury's |
Bodegas Penaflor |
Mendoza |
83 |
6.00 |
|
|
Tempranillo |
Villa Nueva |
Bodegas Santa Ana S.A. |
Mendoza |
2000 |
7.00 |
|
|
Viognier |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
1999 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
Viognier |
Don Miguel Gascon |
Bodegas Escorihuela |
Mendoza |
2001 |
87 |
9.00 |
|
NOTES. Ratings are for wines which we have purchased in the United States, Canada or Great Britain, and we believe are available in one or another store in the larger cities in one or more of these three countries. There is, however, no attempt at constructing an exhaustive listing. Argentina is the world's fifth largest producer of wine, and obviously many more vineyards and varieties exist in that country. We are painfully aware that we will never have the time or resources to learn about them all. (1) Ratings are given for wines personally tasted by Liane and Sergio Sismondo. Other people's recommendations are duly noted in our database but are not included in these listings. Generally, ratings under 80 indicate wine which has gone bad. Ratings between 80 and 89 are for wines which one would buy again. Ratings of 90 and above are for excellent and "grand" wines. (2) The approximate retail price we have found in the United States, Canada or Great Britain, converted to US Dollars. Where we have found significant discrepancies in price we have taken the lower price. We have rounded the figures to the nearest dollar. OUR FAVORITE. Our favorite wine under ten dollars from this list, and tasted recently, is the Malbec by Humberto Canale, vintage 2000, from his vineyards in the Upper Valley in the Province of Rio Negro. It has interesting bouquet, a little deep and earthy, followed by subtle fruity flavours, with hints of cherry and chocolate, a perfect balance of tannins and delightlful lingering taste. |
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