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Zuccardi Q Tempranillo

Zuccardi Q Tempranillo 2005 100% Tempranillo Familia Zuccardi $17-$27 on Wine-searcher, but all vendors except one charge $20 or less. Mega Keeper This is the good stuff, the specialty of the house—and it’s quite the doozy. Beautiful color. Jet black but with beautiful orange tints. Purpling too. Best color of the Q line’s...

Zuccardi Innovation Line: Arinarnoa

Zuccardi Innovación (Innovation line): Arinarnoa 100% Arinarnoa Familia Zuccardi Not available outside of the Familia Zuccardi winery. This is part of the Innovation line, where Zuccardi experiments with new varietals to see if they’re marketable. So this could be considered somewhat of a “joke,” fun line. The line isn’t...

Zuccardi Serie A Bonarda

Zuccardi Serie A Bondarda 2006 100% Bonarda $12 on Wine-searcher. 2 Vendors. Beautiful color—almost blackish. It has few tints, though. Lots of fruit in the nose. Aroma of ripening cherries and red fruits specifically Very odd taste. Not like the other varietals I’ve tried. Bonarda is one of the “specialties” of Argentina,...

Rutini Pinot Noir

Rutini Pinot Noir 2006 100% Pinot Noir Not available on Wine-searcher. Keeper Argentina isn’t known for pinot noir, so this wine is quite the interesting find. The color is a tad weak. It’s much lighter than the other Rutini wines (due to the grape varietal largely), but it does have some shades of lighter reds that come through...