Winery Achaval-Ferrer - Dolce Malbec

Winery Achaval-FerrerDolce Malbec

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Dolce Malbec of Winery Achaval-Ferrer is a sweet wine from the region of Mendoza.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

balsamic, honey

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

On the nose the Dolce Malbec of Winery Achaval-Ferrer in the region of Mendoza often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, balsamic or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Achaval-Ferrer's Dolce Malbec.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Dolce Malbec - 2013
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Dolce Malbec - 2012
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Dolce Malbec - 2011
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Dolce Malbec - 2010
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Dolce Malbec - 2009
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Dolce Malbec - 2008
In the top 100 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Dolce Malbec from Winery Achaval-Ferrer are 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery Achaval-Ferrer

The winery offers 22 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Winery Achaval-Ferrer is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 1500 of of Argentina wines
In the top 150 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 1500 of sweet wines
In the top 40000 wines of the world

The wine region of Mendoza

Mendoza is by far the largest wine region in Argentina. Located on a high-altitude plateau at the edge of the Andes Mountains, the province is responsible for roughly 70 percent of the country's annual wine production. The French Grape variety Malbec has its New World home in the vineyards of Mendoza, producing red wines of great concentration and intensity. The province Lies on the western edge of Argentina, across the Andes Mountains from Chile.

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The word of the wine: Tertiary aromas

Aromas resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle. The aromas evolve with time, from fresh fruitiness to notes of stewed, candied or dried fruit, to aromas of venison or undergrowth.

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