2017 Altos las Hormigas Malbec Classíco
2017 Altos las Hormigas Malbec Classíco Vintage: 2017 Region: Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina Winery: Altos las Hormigas Varieties: Malbec Price: $11 Rating: 92 Points My Rating: 90 Points The Review: Man, it's been a while! And how about this blog make its triumphant return with some hot takes and a real test of my objectivity? See today's review comes with a touch of controversy- I'm a bit of a known Malbec hater... But it is my duty as a hobby wine critic/not-hobby winemaker to try to stifle my opinions as a consumer and look at the wine with as much objectivity as I can. Of all the Malbecs I've had (not many), this is one that I'll put myself behind. Altos Las Hormigas is a collaboration between two legends in the wine industry- Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra. The winery aims to express the natural characteristics (weather, climate, soil, etc.-- the French use the obnoxious & overused word "Terroir"), so you end up getting a really fres...