Los leones, malbec 2008, By Salentein Wines, USD 9
A supervalue for 9 bucks from Tunuyan, Uco valley, Mendoza.
A must try for the value and quality given. Nice structure malbec with friendly and at the time straight tannins. You get adorable fruit mostly cooked cherries and plum and an edge of vanilla and chocolate quite completing the roundness. Just mildly complex enough to keep it in memory up to the next sip. A malbec to enjoy in its 2-4 years old age. A very good value,like you will take it home twice and trice too. A 86 points malbec.
This Holland winery in Mendoza delivers great values at every price level you may pick, lets say 4-5 USD (Finca Portillo), 8-9 USD (Los Leones) 10-14 USD (Salentein Reserve) and 40-100 USD (Primus, Numina). Recently they changed winemaker chief, so lets see what follows.
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