Name: Night Hawk - Dark Malbec
Variety: Malbec
Country/Region: Argentina
Year/Price: NV, $22 (3L)
Critique Review: Argentina - Bolder, richer expressions hints of blueberry pie & blackberry cedar and spice notes. This wine is the perfect pairing to red meats as well as spicy cuisines or dishes.
Reference Flavors: Blackberry, black cherry, plum, blueberry, dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, clove, licorice, leather, graphite, smoky, mocha
My Review: Visually this is a dark, but not black, red wine. On the nose I get equal parts blueberry and blackberry as well as spice notes, mainly clove. On the first taste, there is considerable tannic strength and acidity (as I finished the glass my tongue was both dried and slightly raw from the acidity). The wine itself is fairly well balanced with sharp blackberry in the front and a smoother blueberry pie finish along with a little bit of heat (the wine is 14.5%). I can detect a tiny bit of cedar/spice with both seeming to be combined with the tannic aspects. All together, this is a very drinkable full body malbec which I am sure would pair well with blackened red meat- I likey.
P.S. I have to share this with my friends because, even with the one-month shelf life of this box wine, I don't know if I can make it through 3L!
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