![]() But there is also the question of increasing quality. The fact that eight of last year's wines are still in the top 10 this time around says a lot about consistency. Zuccardi has seen two of its wines displace a couple of other big names, the Vina Cobos Marchiori Estate Malbec and the Achaval Ferrer Finca Altamira. Between them, they account for seven of the top wines, an increase of two since we last looked at this list. If Argentina's wine industry is a tale of two cities, then the list of the best Malbecs is pretty much a tale of two producers: Familia Zuccardi and Catena Zapata. The World's Best Malbecs on Wine-Searcher:įamilia Zuccardi 'Finca Piedra Infinita' GravascalĬatena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Mundus Bacillus Terraeįamilia Zuccardi Finca Piedra Infinita SupercalĬatena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard River StonesĬatena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae The scores are also rounded to the nearest number here, but our database runs to four decimal places, ensuring a more robust ranking.Īnd finally, we have added more critics in the past year, so this year's "best of" series will be more comprehensive than ever. This can be seen in the case of the second Familia Zuccardi wine on the list below it has an aggregated critic score of 96, but from just 14 reviews, compared to 32 reviews for the wine placed above it, despite the second-placed wine "only" having an aggregate score of 95. Similarly, wines with an ostensibly higher score across a lower number of reviews will not be ranked as high. So, a wine with an aggregated score of 93 points across 100 reviews will be rated higher than one with a score of 93 across 50 reviews. The apparent anomalies occur because we weight the aggregated critic score according to how many scores each wine has received. You'll notice on the list below that the wines do not appear to be in numerical order, according to scores, but trust us, they are. That's how you make something your own.īut before we celebrate Argentina's Malbec dominance, let's remind ourselves of the rules first. Nowhere else makes our wider list of the 25 best Malbecs in the world and Malbecs account for 80 percent of the best wines in Argentina, as rated by international critics. Malbec used to be something that added body in Bordeaux blends, but in Argentina it has achieved solo stardom. What makes Argentina's case unique, however, is that they have built their success on a hitherto unfashionable grape: Malbec. What has also made those wines attractive is the rising quality of the output, with the best wines consistently attracting scores that compare well with more historically prestigious countries like France and Italy. That has made Argentinian wines very competitive, though, and therefore attractive. By 2015, that was 10 to one, and it is now around 100 to one officially, and even higher in real terms. At the start of this century, the exchange rate with the US dollar was around three to one. While the wine industry progresses in leaps and bounds, it has been frustrated by the goings-on in the capital, where successive governments have overseen a series of economic cycles that have frequently brought the country close to bankruptcy.Īs a result, wine exporters have struggled to maximize their return, as regular collapses in the peso have led to regular devaluations. Mendoza is the seat of the country's wine industry, a very successful one, but one that is frequently stymied by what happens in Buenos Aires, the country's capital. ![]() Related stories:Īrgentina a Cause for Optimism Despite Crisis And Argentina's wine industry is very much a tale of two cities – Buenos Aires and Mendoza. You'll pardon the overwrought pun, but when it comes to high-quality Malbec, only one country really figures, according to the critics and that is Argentina. It was the best of times, it was the Malbec times. © Familia Zuccardi | The Piedra Infinita vineyard lies in the plain of the Tunuyán River and is responsible for some of Zuccardi's most celebrated reds. ![]()
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