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Alta Vista 2006 Single Vineyard Temis Malbec (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $50

This mighty Malbec opens with toasty oak, a pinch of sawdust and perfumed black fruit, vanilla and spice notes. The palate is lofty and rich, with beautiful berry and plum flavors. A smooth, sexy wine from the Uco Valley that shows that vineyard sourcing absolutely matters. Best wine from Alta Vista to date. — M.S. (2/1/2010)

Bodega Catena Zapata 2004 Argentino Malbec (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $120

Argentino is a Malbec made from two vineyards: Adrianna in Tupungato and Nicasia in Vista Flores/Altamira. Aged for two years in new oak, it’s a dark, vibrant masculine wine with excellent depth of flavor, seductive berry flavors, and lots of length. It hits with force but also finesse, and it shows the extracted richness that comes from small-lot open bin fermentation. — M.S. (8/1/2008)

O. Fournier 2004 Alfa Crux Malbec (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $45

Talk about a deep, luscious wine. The bouquet emits a magnetic blend of chocolate cake, fine leather and berry marmalade, while the midsection is downright delicious but also very pure and natural despite the wine seeing 20 months of new oak. ACrux catches and holds every note, and it should age well for another 5 to 8 years. — M.S. (8/1/2008)

O. Fournier 2004 Alfa Crux Red Wine (Uco Valley)

Price $42

Amazingly ripe and deep wine from 2004, so it’s all that it’s going to be. Thick and figgy aromas bring bacon, mint and cool, cushiony cola notes. The palate is megasaturated with chocolaty oak and dark berry power galore. Remains oaky on the finish; a massive wine to drink now through 2017. — M.S. (8/1/2011)

Salentein 2003 Reserve Malbec (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $62

This is the best and most expensive wine ever released by Dutch-owned Salentein, and it proves that this winery has finally mastered Mendoza. The color is excellent and the nose is full of bold fruit, leather, mint and more. It’s a huge Malbec with saturated cassis and black cherry flavors, and the feel and lushness are just right. For a ripe mini monster that’s… — M.S. (10/1/2007)

Monteviejo 2006 Red (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $45

A wonderful wine from the Uco Valley of Mendoza that opens with fine fruit, richness and molten earth. The palate is big as they come but not hard and out of whack, and the flavors are an amalgam of rich black plum, berry fruit, fig paste and chocolate. Smoky and sultry on the back end, with mocha and coffee for finishing notes. Drink now through 2014. — M.S. (8/1/2010)

J. & F. Lurton 2004 Chacayes Malbec (Uco Valley)

Price $80

A big, floral, fruity wine with all the hallmarks of excellence. The fruit is exacting, ripe and healthy, the tannins are firm, and the acidity is just right. It avoids all pitfalls as it transitions well from nose to palate to finish. Lots of fruit to ponder, then coffee, spice and chocolate at the end. — M.S. (8/1/2008)

O. Fournier 2006 Alfa Crux Malbec (Uco Valley)

Editors' Choice

Price $47

Brilliantly colored, with dynamite concentration and lovely black fruit and earthy aromas. Precise on the palate but also big and muscular, with silky tannins, grip and a late rush of deftly applied French oak. Delicious and a fine reflection of the Uco Valley, Argentina’s top Malbec region. — M.S. (2/1/2010)

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