Weinert Malbec, Mendoza 2004

Our first day in Buenos Aires! We decided to buy some of that legendary Argentine beef and cook it at home with garlic, shallots and fava beans. To go along I bought a bottle of what Karen MacNeil recommends as a classic Mendoza Malbec... Weinert 2004, 46 AR$ (13 bucks!), 90 points from Wine&Spirits.

Medium to full body, garnet color; prune, a bit of barnyard and eucalyptus (maybe mint) in the nose. Black cherry, oak and a tobacco/quinine finish.

This wine is really reminiscent of Bordeaux, very old world, very slick. Indeed pairs great with the steak, which, btw, turned out super... but probably will take a few days to digest:)