When people, cultures and grapes meet...
Santiago Deicas, third-generation winemaker at Familia Deicas in Uruguay
(Image credit: Familia Deicas)
Get me a glass of Malbec.’ ‘Add a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc to the shopping list.’ ‘I love a good Cabernet.’
Grape varieties have become shorthand for the wines we feel like drinking, sometimes not really giving much thought to their origin or producer.
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My wines

<p>Nuanced and textured, led by lime, clementine and passionfruit, followed by moreish lemon curd and frangipane. Crunchy red apple and white peach burst at the...
2025
MendozaArgentina
Susana BalboUco Valley
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It will be interesting to see how this blend of Moscatel (60%) and Sémillon, produced by maverick Leo Erazo from old, ungrafted vines planted on...
2023
Itata ValleyChile
A Los Viñateros Bravos
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This field blend of Moscatel, Sémillon, Sauvignon Vert, Torontel, and Corinto, dances in the glass with a delicate flintiness hovering over wildflowers, dry hay, peach...
2023
Colchagua ValleyChile
Santa RitaApalta
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<p>Lifted aromas of rose petal, sage and sorrel. The palate is structured and unctuous. Fine and detailed, gently saline with filigree herbal flavours, apple peel...
2021
MendozaArgentina
El MontañistaCalingasta Valley
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This vintage of Seña (60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Malbec, 15% Carménère and 6% Petit Verdot) is full of detail and remarkable purity of flavour. 2023...
2023
Aconcagua ValleyChile
Seña
My wines

<p>Catena Zapata's flagship red blend, the 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Malbec and 11% Cabernet Franc shines in a stellar vintage that yielded notable balance, intensity...
2022
MendozaArgentina
Catena Zapata
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<p>At once deep, broody and transparent, this blend of Carmenère (35%), Cabernet Sauvignon ( 29%), Cabernet Franc (14%), Merlot (10%), Malbec (7%) and Petit Verdot...
2018
Colchagua ValleyChile
Sutil
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Remarkably elegant field blend of Malbec (75%) and Carménère, from a 2.8 hectare dry-farmed plot planted in 1957. The varieties are co-fermented and aged in...
2021
Cachapoal ValleyChile
De MartinoPichidegua
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<p>From an abandoned, almost forgotten (olvidada) vineyard in Guarilhue planted with País and interspersed plants of San Francisco, comes this ethereal, superby elegant wine from...
2024
Itata ValleyChile
De MartinoGuarilihue
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<p>So bright and crystalline, showing tarragon, basil, bayleaf and green olive brine. Beautiful, savoury tannins. Burst of cherry and plum at the core. A really...
2021
Maule ValleyChile
RetaColín de Limávida
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<p>Hailing from the eponymous plot, this 80-year-old field blend of various Piedmontese varieties brought by Italian immigrants to the Calingasta Valley is now vinified by...
2023
MendozaArgentina
Cara SurCalingasta Valley
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<p>Expressive nose with deep black fruit, including blackberry, black cherry, plum and blackcurrant, outlined by sweet spice and toast. The four varieties in the blend...
2022
Colchagua ValleyChile
Clos ApaltaApalta
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<p>A deliciously fluid wine, with citric vividness outlining the luscious black cherry and plum fruit. The tannins are saline and finely built, coated in seaspray...
2022
MaldonadoUruguay
Familia DeicasPueblo Garzón
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Still in its infancy, the 2020 vintage of Deicas' classical Tannat-led blend (with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Marselán and Petit Verdot) has intense spicy...
2020
MaldonadoUruguay
Familia Deicas
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<p>Layered, alluring nose, marrying blackberry, plum and black cherry fruit with sweet spice and a gentle smokiness. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec (35% each)...
2022
MendozaArgentina
Finca Flichman
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<p>Still very much in its infancy, this vintage of San Pedro's flagship Altair (made up of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 6% Carmenère, 6%...
2023
Cachapoal ValleyChile
San PedroAlto Cachapoal
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<p>Winemaker Jimena Lopez successfully blends 40% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc in a wine that is fluid, crips and full...
2023
MendozaArgentina
AndelunaUco Valley
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<p>This is the 'second wine' from the successful partnership between the Catena and Rothschild families, worth seeking out for its approachability and value. Malbec (69%)...
2021
MendozaArgentina
Bodegas Caro
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<p>Beautiful complementarity between the Malbec (70%) and Syrah (30%), the latter bringing a savoury, earthy depth to the former's fruity generosity and balsamic lift. A...
2021
MendozaArgentina
Doña Paula
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This blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec, 20% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot, celebrates the longstanding partnership between Kaiken and star chef Francis Mallmann....
2021
MendozaArgentina
KaikenLuján de Cuyo
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<p>A classical, broody blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc, 3% Carignan and 2% Syrah, showing savoury and earthy development seven years after harvest....
2019
Alto MaipoChile
MorandéAlto Maipo
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<p>A lining of fragrant sweet spice, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom and honeyed almonds to this blend of 48% Malbec, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Cabernet Franc, 13%...
2021
MendozaArgentina
Achaval-Ferrer
My wines

<p>There's lovely purity of crunchy red fruit, supported by refreshing acid. A saline touch of seaspray and citric lines the appetising tannins, making this a...
2024
MaldonadoUruguay
Bodega Garzon
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<p>There's great drinkability and crunchy freshness in this Carmenère-led blend accompanied by 35% Malbec. Fluid and bright, with vivid cherry, cranberry and pomegranate fruit outlined...
2024
Colchagua ValleyChile
Luiz Felipe Edwards
Ines is Decanter’s regional editor for Spain, Portugal and South America. Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, she grew up chasing her grandfather among his vines in Ribatejo and thus her love for all things wine began. After completing her Masters Degree in Architecture, Ines worked as a project manager while writing about wine and doing cellar consulting on the side. After moving to London in 2015, she decided to dedicate herself fully to the wine industry and joined the sommelier team at Michelin-starred Spring, Somerset House. Stints at Noble Rot and The Laughing Heart followed, while completing her WSET Diploma in Wines and Spirits. Her work as a judge and writer eventually became her full time commitment and she joined Decanter in 2019 as wine database editor.
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