Wine tasted, Friday, January 11, 2o13 at 4:30PM

Postales Del Fin Del mundo, Malbec, 2012, Patagonia, Argentina. Purchased a bottle at 90 Argentinian pesos at a local restaurant of El Calafate. 14% ALC.

This was a first wine I tasted when I arrived in El Calafate, in the Argentinian Patagonia. A group of friends needed to have a drink after a long drive from Chile. We wanted to try something unique, very Patagonia style wine. This is a young wine which almost tastes like a “Beaujolais Nouveau.” Just drink it when it is fresh. Although it is a Malbec, its color and taste are just like a light table red. The label has this wonderful, cheap marketing description of Patagonia wines. However, it is clearly a young, rather tasteless wine with a strong smell of alcohol which overpowers any aroma. It was better than drinking grape juice, but it needed to stay in the barrel longer. I would not recommend this wine under any circumstances.

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