World Malbec Day on 17th April is a day to celebrate the renaissance of Malbec as one of the world’s best loved grapes. And what better way to do that then by celebrating with some of the best Malbec wines from Argentina?
To celebrate Malbec Day, I’ve pulled together some of my top Terroir Selection picks from The South America Wine Guide book to guide you through the best wines regions for Malbec and the distinctive terroir expressions you can find in Argentina, as well as some bonus track wines from Chile!
Best Malbecs from Argentina
Malbec is King in Argentina, dominating plantings with over 44,000 hectares accounting for almost a fifth of Argentina’s wine. When Malbec was first planted in Argentina in the mid-1850s it was barely known or recognised as a good quality grape variety, simply known as the cepa francesa for most of its lifetime. It wasn’t until the quality revolution of the 1990s that Malbec stepped into the limelight and was recognised as the distinctive variety it is today – able to express each of Argentina’s different terroirs in a unique way.
