Malbec Tasting

Host: Dale and Jean

Malbec Before:

Malbec After: 

Malbec: An Evening to Taste, Compare and Enjoy

We will compare six Malbecs (with six glasses each) in a side by side, blind tasting: two each from Cahors, Argentina and Washington State.  Glassware trinkets will match stocking-covered bottle trinkets to help avoid confusion.  Scoring cards will help us compare color, general appearance, bouquet, flavor, weight and overall impression. 

To “enliven our palates,” we will start the evening with a Torrontes accompanied by a light appetizer.  Torrontes is described as the “symbolic white grape of Argentina.”  I was told that an evening of Malbec tasting simply had to include a Torrontes. 

Although we plan to sit around the dinner table during this event, we will complement the Malbecs with “finger foods” allowing everyone (including the hosts) to concentrate on the wines distinct personalities.  We have chosen more robustly flavored foods to complement the full-flavored Malbecs. 

The menu will include the following:

Ceasar Salad Spring Rolls

Proscuitto Rolls with Arugula, Goat Cheese and Figs

Polenta “Pizzas”

Picadillo Empanadas with Mango/Pineapple Salsa

Chorizo/Sweet Potato WonTon Cups

Macrina’s Almond Cake with Light Chocolate Cream and Raspberries