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Default Looking for a good Malbec

Joseph Coulter wrote:
> Mydnight wrote:
>> On Mar 24, 5:14 am, Joseph Coulter > wrote:
>>> Mydnight wrote:

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>> Thanks so much for your reply, and I do recognize some of those names
>> from the list but they aren't exactly the same. I found a Doņa Paula
>> but it is something called Doņa Paula Los Cardos. I also have some of
>> the Bodega Jacques Francois Lurton but it only says Valle de uco
>> Mendoza and nothing else. I am going to go with my original guess
>> when I say these are some of the lower end products of the vineyards?
>>
>> You heard of these before?
>>
>> The Los Cardos is acceptable, I think.
>>

> It is a little hit and miss. The Escorihuela Gascon for instance is
> marketed under a different name in the US as Escorihuela is just too
> much for US drinkers to say (I suppose).

FWIW the Escoriheula is called Cruz Alta in the US not to be confused
with another wine also named after Sr. Gascon.


I was trying to give an
> impression of the producers because many, like Rutini, have a broad
> range of wines from less expensive to costly. The producers that I have
> underscored will deliver good quality in their price range.
>
> The reason that I pasted the list from La Cabana is that it is extensive
> and represents a broad sampling of wines available at a very fine
> restaurant and yet many of the wines listed are affordable at US market
> prices.