- (51-60) Can not drink
- (61-70) Do not drink, but you can have a sip
- (71-80) Good
- (81-90) Very Good
- (91-95) Excellent
- (96-100) Extraordinary
2006 Ben Marco, Domingo del Plata
Mendoza, Argentina
- Color: Red
- Name: Ben Marco
- Vineyard: Domingo del Plata
- Type: Malbec
- Origin: Mendoza, Argentina
- Year: 2006
- Price: $24.00
- Rating: 5.4
- Pocho's Pick
- Review: Professional Ratings: WS 91 Beautiful purple color with perfumed aromas of ripe red fruits and roasted coffee beans. It is lush, bull-bodied and penetrating on the palate with loads of chewy, currant jam flavors, bright acidity, and a touch of grip on the almost savory finish. This wine really unfolds with some air so try not to slurp it down in a rush, and it shows why the Argentine people are in love with Malbec. Pedro blended in some Bonarda for greater complexity and to achieve better balance. Pairs well with a wide range of foods including beef, sausages, spiced or grilled pork, veal, medium-strong cheeses, and meat-based pasta sauces. 90 Points Wine Spectator, June 2008 "Quite ripe and forwad, with lots of linzer torte, logan berry, melted licorice and plum cake flavors that glide along a sweet, round texture. Solid length too. Very tasty." 92 Points Patterson's The Tasting Panel, May 2008 "From a vineyard planted in 1928, a nicely-textured Malbec with bright plum, strawberry and blackberry fruit; lifted flavors of sweet oak." 90+ Points Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, February 2008 "Good full medium ruby. Primary scents of black fruits, violet and licorice pastille. Sweet and lush on entry, then primary and fruity in the middle, with noteworthy concentration and little obvious oakiness showing. Finishes with compelling sweetness and a suggestion of bitter chocolate. A couple years in bottle should bring more complexity." 91+ Points Robert Parker Jr.'s "The Wine Advocate", December 2007 "The 2006 Malbec (with 10% Bonarda) received 11 months in 50% new French oak and 50% 1 year American oak. Purple-colored, it offers an attractive toasty, smoky nose with notes of earth and black cherry. Medium-bodied and elegant, it is smooth-textured, ripe and concentrated with enough silky tannin to allow several years of development."
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