Bodega Piedra Negra Malbec Reserve 2021

Bodega Piedra Negra Malbec Reserve 2021

Bodega Piedra Negra Malbec Reserve 2021 is an excellent value wine.

Piedra Negra Malbec Reserve 2021 is $12 from Aldi. That’s pretty much the headline and the review, given that the wine in the glass tastes ripe, soft, rich-enough and is absolutely, positively drinkable. And indeed enjoyable. If you see this wine and value is top of mind, grab a bottle. The fruit is a bit raisined but there’s a lovely dryness to the finish and while in general the flavours feel clean as a whistle, it’s just a bit characterful too. You won’t get much better at $12.

Malbec just for the record is one of the hero grapes of Argentina, which is where this wine is from. It’s probably the hero grape, arguably. Argentinian malbec is often a happy hunting ground for value too.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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