Arido Malbec at Lake Mary Cork&Olive Wine Store and Wine Bar.

Árido Malbec 2007, from Mendoza Argentina 

 Árido (Arido) is a smooth Malbec from Argentina, a wine that is easy to drink and enjoy with your friends. This wine has intense deep color, more bluish than red. Árido has smooth sweet aromas of red fruits. Even a novice wine drinker can enjoy this wine. Most Malbec’s that I had previously was more dry. This wine was a real surprise. If you do not enjoy red wines, but you heard of all the health benefits of red wine, and want to drink a glass of red wine everyday… this wine is just for you. This is what the doctor ordered.  Enjoy this wine with your dinner. 

Malbec today is known as the Red Wine of Argentina. Even though it’s origin is associated as a blending grape.  A heat-loving variety of grape, it has always struggled to ripen in France. While still capable of producing a full-bodied rich wine, the tannins in these were formidable. In warmer climates the tannins are able to ripen fully, yielding rich, velvety wines packed with black spice notes and dark berry fruit 

Árido Malbec 2007, from Mendoza Argentina is available at Lake Mary Cork&Olive the Best Wine Store and Wine Bar in Lake Mary – Heathrow –  FL. Join us for our weekly wine tasting events, to learn and appreciate wines from all over the world. Our wine club is a way to learn and experience new wines. Our wine club members enjoy free monthly wine tastings, where they can taste the wine of the month. 

Antoney Manipadam, Certified Sommelier 

Owner lake Mary Cork&Olive 

 Grapes:   90% Malbec, 10% Merlot 

 Appellation:  Mendoza (Argentina) 

 Vineyard:  Finca Los Álamos, Upper Uco Valley. The soils are sandy loam and limestone. These vineyards are at serious altitude – 3500 feet above sea level – with only 4 inches of rainfall per year (Árido means arid. Presumably they irrigate.) Wineries like to talk about the “diurnal shift“, the difference in the daytime high and nighttime low temperatures. A hot days and cool nights allow the grapes to ripen fully while preserving acidity. Arido claims a 60 degree swing. 

 Alcohol:  a modest 13.5% 

 Package:  Stelvin Enclosure i.e. screw cap closure. Árido means arid.