Argentina is an up and coming wine region in South America. The Mendoza region is the largest winemaking region in Argentina, with around 370,000 acres of vines. Clos de Los Siete is an oasis comprised of seven vineyards in the foothills of the Andes, south of Mendoza.
I raise my glass to the manager of the winery, Michel Rolland who helped develop the Bordeaux influenced wine region. Rolland, a famed wine consultant to Chateau Pavie-Macquin, put together a group of Bordeaux wine families to invest in vineyards in the ANdes foothills south of Mendoza.
My wine crush of the day is: the 2007 Clos de Los Siete is a superb blend of 48% Malbec, 28% Merlot, 12% Syrah, and 12% Cabernet Sauvingnon, offering up a bouquet of toasty oak, violets, mineral, black currant, blueberry, and black cherry. Ripe, sweet, and seamless, it admirably hides its tannin under all the fruit. It is a 90+ point and $17 on sale at wines.com. This price is quite modest, as it drinks better than most $50 blends.
