Malbec is our flagship strain and therefore outside the wineries and Argentinian wines are intimately linked with this variety. The prestigious American magazine Wine Spectator, not only gave high scores called extraordinary but other varietals to those who are not given much promotion. Titled Malbec dominates the country in the red, but do not overlook the Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, the expert taster James Molesworth said that our country has much more to offer than just good Malbec. The area planted to Cabernet Sauvignon today, according to data from the National Institute of Viticulture is 16,927 hectares nationwide. Broken down that number for the province of Mendoza are implanted 12,604 hectares. The case of Pinot Noir, called several experts as the new range of fashion in this country, has only 1,253 hectares across Argentina in the province have 836 hectares. The Wine Spectator is one of the premier wine world. There weekly wine tastings are conducted by experts disclosed their specialized on wines from around the world review. The ratings range from 0-100. The wines evaluated Molesworth obtained between 95 and 90 points, good grades for these wines. The Cabernet Sauvignon varietal is paramount. When Nicolas Catena began exporting its first wines in the early 90s, we were not working with the varietal malbec, cabernet work with which is a varietal that is at the heart of our portfolio. The first vintage of the wine cellar icon was a Cabernet Sauvignon, said Jeff Mausbach, Asian Wine Education Director and Export Manager of Bodega Catena Zapata. He added that I think you have to take advantage of a situation where it has been identified as a producer of Malbec Argentina, varietal characteristic of our country. This must take advantage but do not neglect the other varietals because we have privileged climatic conditions. Source: Diario Los Andes
