2022 Paracombe Malbec 12 Pack

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Jeremy Oliver

A terrific, translucently clear and highly expressive varietal malbec with some of the faintly leafy, herbal and dusty notes the variety can bring as well as its fiery core of intense, almost bloody flavour. Backed by some fine cedary oak, this medium to fullish red delivers bright aromas and flavours of red, blue and black fruits framed by a firmish but genuinely approachable backbone. It's long, fresh and complete, and fights well above its pricing weight.

90 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Who’d have thought Hills Malbec would or could be a thing? Anyway, pretty good wine here. Quite a heavy bottle mind you. Black plum, mint, dried roses, almond, baking spice, liquorice. It’s a rugged sort of wine, a little warm in alcohol, with a peanut husk tannin grip, some dark chocolate bitterness, and a robust finish of solid length. It has some grunt and no shortage of character and does pretty well in the glass. A lot of wine, yet it carries it off pretty well. Ideal with substantial food, I’d suggest.