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ZaHa Malbec 2010<\/p>\n
Oh boy, is this stuff good. One of my new Twitter friends, @Pampallugas,\u00a0was drinking ZaHa this afternoon and suggested I give it a try. It was $39 at our local Hop City (which has an epic assortment of South American wines – you’ll see that post shortly.)<\/p>\n
This is a malbec-dominant blend. 90% Malbec, 8% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petite Verdot. (Can you really taste 2% of anything???)<\/p>\n
It’s grown in a region of Mendoza I’m not familiar with called San Carlos.<\/p>\n
The winemakers who created ZaHa are Jeff Mausbach and Alejandro Sejanovich, two longtime employees of Catena Zapata who broke away and started their own venture. They have an even higher-end wine called TeHo (around $70.) Strange names, and I must admit I bypassed them on the wine aisle a couple of times.<\/p>\n
Big mistake. This\u00a0wine is absolutely delicious. I am hard-pressed to name a more elegant and substantial wine for $39.<\/p>\n
Jay Miller of Wine Advocate gave it a 92, and I think it might be even better than that number suggests. It may lack the complexity of a true $100 trophy wine from Argentina, but it has great weight, a nice finish and it just plain tastes wonderful.<\/p>\n
Honestly, with Catena Alta starting to elevate from the $39 range to more like $43, this is a\u00a0truly delicious option when you want to stay under $40. \u00a0And if you want to really stock up, Bedford Wine Merchants carries this for $35.99<\/a>. At that price…\u00a0it’s a steal.<\/p>\n I am officially on the ZaHa train, next destination: TeHo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ZaHa Malbec 2010 Oh boy, is this stuff good. One of my new Twitter friends, @Pampallugas,\u00a0was drinking ZaHa this afternoon and suggested I give it a try. It was $39 at our local Hop City (which has an epic assortment of South American wines – you’ll see that post shortly.) This is a malbec-dominant … <\/p>\n