Reserve Malbec 92 points Best Buy
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min read
We are pleased to announce Piattelli Reserve Malbec Cafayate has been awarded 92 points from Wine & Spirits Magazine.
Description Below:
92 points | Piattelli Vineyards $16 2016 Salta Reserve Malbec (Best Buy) Minnesota entrepreneur Jon Malinski and his family run this winery, with vineyards in both Mendoza and Cafayate. Valeria Antolin makes the wines with consulting oenologist Roberto de la Mota. Their spicy, earthy malbec has the juiciness of a well-seasoned steak. Aged for nine months in American oak, the wine has tannins that feel like brushed velvet, rich and firm enough to stand up to a thick cut of beef. Vinocopia, Richfield, MN
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I’m usually allergic to game pages that try way too hard, but this one felt pretty chill and readable. I was just skimming, and the point landed fast without me having to dig through a bunch of fluff. I clicked into The Drift Boss halfway through and it kept that same simple vibe — you see what the game is about right away, and the whole one-button drifting thing sounds easy until you realize timing is basically everything. Also nice that it isn’t blasting you with distractions while you’re trying to figure it out. The page is broken up into clean headings with short blocks, so scrolling doesn’t feel like wading through a wall of text.
I like that this blurb doesn’t overcomplicate it: spicy/earthy + juicy + oak structure is basically the whole “why Malbec works with beef” argument in one paragraph. If anything, I’m curious how different the Cafayate vs Mendoza versions drink side by side at the same price point. This whole “pair it with a thick cut” framing weirdly reminded me of a guide to building outfits where the idea is you need enough structure to hold up the statement piece, and here the tannin is doing that job.
It’s interesting that the write-up calls out American oak specifically—nine months can add that sweet spice without turning everything into vanilla syrup if it’s handled carefully. Also, “Best Buy” makes me think this is the kind of bottle you bring to a weeknight dinner and nobody feels like they’re compromising. Side note: I once mocked up a little tasting-night invite graphic in imgg after a Malbec-heavy BBQ and it basically became the running joke of the group, but the wine pairing part was dead serious.
92 points at $16 is kind of wild, and the “brushed velvet” tannin description actually matches what I usually like in Malbec. I’ve had a few Cafayate bottles that lean spicy/earthy like that, and they really do shine with steak. Random aside, I sometimes sanity-check tasting-note jargon by running it through a quick binary translator tool as a joke with friends, and “well-seasoned steak” somehow feels like the most honest note here anyway.