Friday, January 11, 2013

malbec and bonarda…the durigutti brothers unlock the beauty of argentine malbec & bonarda!!! (both under $20 @ central market & joe saglimbeni’s!!!)


about 4 years ago, a colleague of mine presented me with a bottle of durigutti malbec for my birthday while working in houston, tx….i  took it back to my hotel  room thinking….a malbec…yuck…they are all bad…bad oak…bad alcohol…bad thinness! i opened the bottle, poured it and did the “sniffy sniff”…wow…the floral notes hit me… the fresh violets…the balance…like i never experienced with a malbec…all my wine friends began to have a love affair with this argentine star….now this week I just picked up their bonarda…bonarda is a grape that possibly came from france, italy, croatia…known as charbonno in cali, where there are some plantings…this wine is fresh rain on violets with stunning balance…both wines are awesome with red sauce, burgers, steaks or just because it is a red wine night! the chairman loves both of these wines and thanks the durigutti brothers for their attention to delivering the beauty and essence of these two grapes…malbec & bonarda…cheers…salud…nostrovia…thank you durigutti brothers!!!