ARGENTINA

 

Bodega Benegas, Mendoza

The Benegas family have been involved in the Argentinean wine industry since 1883 when they bought the El Trapiche vineyard that has gone on to international fame. Wines are made with the help of Michel Rolland, the controversial Bordeaux wine consultant. Our choice of their wines are made from European varietals but with a definite South American twist.

2002	Don Tiburcio, Benegas	bottle	£10.50
	Named after Tiburcio Benegas, the founder of the winemaking dynasty, this is an assemblage of 50% Malbec plus Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Big & powerful black fruit flavours with a firm backbone of new French oak.
2001	Sangiovese, Benegas	bottle	£13.25
	To quote Benegas’s own notes “Stunning nose – black cherries, hints of leather & brick dust…” ! Well, the black cherries and leather flavours are certainly there and there’s good balance and a long finish.

Red Wine Rosé Wine White Wine [O] – Organic [B] - Biodynamic  

Bodega Enrique Foster, Mendoza

Malbec is Argentina ’s Unique Selling Point. Enrique Foster is a specialist in the field, having 80 year old pre-phylloxera vines and no other varieties planted.

2003	Malbec Reserva, Enrique Foster	bottle	£14.50
	Gutsy, full-flavoured red with blackberry and blackcurrant fruit flavours accompanied by a spicy, almost sweet oaky backbone. Interesting and very representative of quality Argentinean Malbec.

Irrigation using snow melt from the Andes at Enrique Foster in Mendoza