The second wine this week is a Malbec Rosé from the Maipe Winery in the Mendoza Province. The Mendoza Province is one of the most important wine regions in Argentina. As we learned in class, a rosé is made by reducing the time the grape juices stay in contact with the skins of the grapes. This bottle was a 2011 vintage, so a couple years old, still fairly new. The shop's notes are as follows: Intense pink color with violet hints. Fresh red fruit bouquet, strawberry and cherry flavors, balanced acidity, dry and lingering finish. Excellent with tuna or green salad, pasta, spicy Asian dishes.
I didn't get a lot of smell from this one, it had a light fruity scent but not much came through. After tasting it however, I thought it had a pretty full body for a rosé, despite not having much smell. It was very dry, made my mouth feel parched. It had fairly clean flavors of berries and maybe raspberries. This wine was for sale for $7.95 as well.
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