Bodega Jean Bousquet - Santa Bax Malbec

Bodega Jean Bousquet Santa Bax Malbec

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Santa Bax Malbec of Bodega Jean Bousquet is a red wine from the region of Mendoza.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The Santa Bax Malbec of the Bodega Jean Bousquet is in the top 10 of wines of Mendoza.

Taste structure of the Santa Bax Malbec from the Bodega Jean Bousquet

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Santa Bax Malbec of Bodega Jean Bousquet in the region of Mendoza is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Bodega Jean Bousquet's Santa Bax 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

Santa Bax Malbec - 2019
In the top 10 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0
Santa Bax Malbec - 2018
In the top 10 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0
Santa Bax Malbec - 2017
In the top 10 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Santa Bax Malbec - 2016
In the top 10 of of Mendoza wines
Average rating: 3.3 1 1 1 0 0

The best vintages of Santa Bax Malbec from Bodega Jean Bousquet are 2017, 2019, 2018, 2016

Informations about the Bodega Jean Bousquet

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Mendoza

The Bodega Jean Bousquet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Mendoza to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Mendoza
In the top 5500 of of Argentina wines
In the top 20 of of Mendoza wines
In the top 100000 of red wines
In the top 200000 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.

News related to this wine

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

The word of the wine: Bouquet

The tertiary aromas that develop during aging and characterize the wine at its peak. This term is improperly used to refer to the aromas of a wine in general.

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