2008 Valle Escondido (Gouguenheim Winery) Malbec

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 83.8 points

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  11/12/2012 - Launchair wrote: 86 Points

  nice, inexpensivie

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  8/23/2012 - bjecjohnson Likes this wine: 89 Points

  APPEARANCE: Dark red, light bodied
  AROMA: Blackberries, black pepper, hint of herbs
  TASTE: Cedar and tobacco, cocoa powder with a very long finish. Great wine for the price

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  8/6/2010 - YWG Wine Guy Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Nice safe red that is easy to drink with some light tannin and acid. Nice cherry and berry fruit also. A little vanilla oak on finish which is also pleasant. Nice watching Friday night tv or with some pizza.

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  4/11/2010 - BoozingIt wrote: 59 Points

  Label: Seventy kilometers away from the city of Mendoza, at the Andes foothills, lays one of the best kept secrets from the valley, that we now call The Gouguenheim Winery. With its vineyards located at more than 1000 m.a.s.l this unique terrior combines nature exceptional wonders and the art and craftsmanship of our professionals, who helped us define these great varietals for Estaciones del Valle. A secret that reveals itself in this bottle that we now share with you.
  
  Review: Dear diary I woke up angry today. For I have had the Worst Malbec Ever! The only thing nice about this bottle is the sound it makes as you dump it down the drain. The bouquet is an awkward dusty strawberry nerds candy, mint leaf, brown sugar, shredded tires, burned orange peel and Windex combination. I gagged a little when it hit my palate. Flavors of Smokey charcoal, burned electrical wiring with asparagus juice. When you think it couldn't get any worse you are left with this undesirable vitamin C meets gritty beach sand on the finish. There is a reason this is the valleys best keep secret, it Sucks

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  3/26/2010 - cab blends wrote: 85 Points

  At mediterranean restaurant - medium bodied and sippable - however, this has some significant imbalance or chemical in it. The next day (I only had 1.5 glasses as 3 of us had 1 bottle) I had a massive headache. Not sure what is was but would love to know.

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