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2006 BenMarco Malbec Notable Press Summary

 

2007 BenMarco Malbec
91 Points
Wine Spectator, September 2008
"Very juicy, with fresh cut plum and fig fruit flavors laced with violet, graphite and high-toned spice notes. Long, racy finish."

 

2006 BenMarco Malbec
90 Points
Wine Spectator, June 2008
"Quite ripe and forwad, with lots of linzer torte, logan berry, melted licorice and plum cake flavors that glide along a sweet, round texture. Solid length too. Very tasty."

 

2006 BenMarco Malbec
92 Points
Patterson's The Tasting Panel, May 2008
"From a vineyard planted in 1928, a nicely-textured Malbec with bright plum, strawberry and blackberry fruit; lifted flavors of sweet oak."

 

2006 BenMarco Malbec
90+ Points
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, February 2008
"Good full medium ruby. Primary scents of black fruits, violet and licorice pastille. Sweet and lush on entry, then primary and fruity in the middle, with noteworthy concentration and little obvious oakiness showing. Finishes with compelling sweetness and a suggestion of bitter chocolate. A couple years in bottle should bring more complexity."

 

2006 BenMarco Malbec
91+ Points
Robert Parker Jr.'s "The Wine Advocate", December 2007
 "The 2006 Malbec (with 10% Bonarda) received 11 months in 50% new French oak and 50% 1 year American oak. Purple-colored, it offers an attractive toasty, smoky nose with notes of earth and black cherry. Medium-bodied and elegant, it is smooth-textured, ripe and concentrated with enough silky tannin to allow several years of development."

 

2005 BenMarco Malbec
89 Points
Wine & Spirits, June 2007
 "A lovely mixture of fig, blackberry and cherry defines this opulent malbec, with powerful acidity refreshing the ripe fruit. It's a good choice for bife de chorizo."

 

2004 BenMarco Malbec
90 Points
Wine Spectator, October 2006
"Concentrated, with lots of raspberry and red currant supported by modest toast and mineral notes."

2004 BenMarco Malbec
90 Points
The Wine Spectator, July 2006
"This is concentrated, but bright and open, with lots of raspberry and red currant fruit supported gently by modest toast and mineral notes. Long, driven finish. Relies on purity instead of power ."

 

2004 BenMarco Malbec
3 Stars
San Francisco Chronicle, February 2006
"Inky in color and dense in its meaty, fully ripe black plum and blackberry fruit, it has a lively juiciness that makes it immediately drinkable. Complexity comes from cigar box, orange zest, vanilla and oak nuances, with ever-so-slight touches of tar and coffee. This wine offers more than its price would suggest."

 

2004 BenMarco Malbec: "The Mysteries of Argentinean Malbec"
MSNBC, April 2006
"The result of Susana Balbo's husband, Pedro Marchevsky, trying to make a wine that shows off the terrior of Mendoza...it's complex, with baked cherry and dry mineral character. Fine tannin on the end and a delicate, tapered finish demonstrate its finesse."

 

2004 BenMarco Malbec
88+ Points
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dec 2005
"Ruby-red. Hints of blackberry & currant. Lush, fleshy & sweet, silky in texture. Already expressive, better with a year or so of patience."

 

 

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