Latest Awards for Argentinian Malbec '07 Vintage

This past weekend was held in Santa Cruz (Chile) the fourth edition of the International Wine Tasting Experience "The Wines of the Cordillera de los Andes", with the presence of more than ninety professional wine tasters from Chile, Argentina, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Portugal, USA, New Zealand and France.

Twenty four wines were blind tasted (the top 12th of each country in the recent vintage 2007, pre-selected by a jury of experts).  And two Argentine wines finished in the top, receiving 92 points: Tapiz Malbec Reserva and Alto de Altavista, also last year's winner.

The winners only includes wines that scored more than 90 points, the equivalent of a Gold Medal.

The complete list of winners:

- Tapiz Reserva Malbec (Argentina): 92 pts
- Alto Altavista (Argentina): 92 pts
- Montes Folly (Chile): 91 pts
- Achaval Ferrer Bella Vista (Argentina): 91 pts
- Viu Manent Malbec (Chile): 91 pts
- Polkura Block G+I (Chile): 90 pts
- Mendel Unus (Argentina): 90 pts
- The Blend Errazuriz (Chile): 90 pts
- Trapiche SV D.F. Sarmiento (Argentina): 90 pts
- Bramare Marchiori (Argentina): 90 pts
- Haras Elegante (Chile): 90 pts
- Norton Privada (Argentina): 90 pts
- Morandé Edición Limitada (Chile): 90 pts
- Catena Alta Chardonnay (Argentina): 90 pts

Enologist Roberto de la Mota, Jesús Guirao, president of Spain's CINVE, Jesús Flores, director of Aula Escuela Madrid and well known Spanish expert María Isabel Mijares were also in attendance as members of the panel of experts.

Mendoza's own journalist Enrique Chrabolowsky was the meeting organizer and mentor. More info here courtesy of MDZ OnLine.