Name: Gouguenheim
Variety: Malbec
Region: Mendoza
Country: Argentina
Year: 2011
Price: $8.99
Review: Moderately saturated dark red. Spicy dark berries and a hint of chocolate on the nose. Juicy, bright and vinous, with a penetrating quality to the dark fruit flavors. Not fat or fleshy but elegant, intense and sharply delineated. The laid-back finish features sweet, fine-grained tannins and sneaky length.
My notes: The bouquet is jammy with scents of berries and currant. It stings the nostrils with its acidity. The first thing I taste is the extreme acidity, which was very off-putting the first couple of tastings. But after a glass or so, my friend in the class and I really tried hard to examine it. The acidity let up a bit and we were able to get a bit of warm spice and blackberry on the midpalate. This wine is very "prevalent" (copyright Chris Fucking Evans) and just very much there.
Food: Nope, just purely drinking this one.
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