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Trivento Argentina - 2015 Malbec Reserve (New Edit)

Trivento Argentina - 2015 Malbec Reserve (New Edit)
An empty bottle originally photographed in 2016, so presumably this was a wine best drunk young.

An edit of an earlier version. As I mature (like wine, but maybe not the 2015 Malbec Reserve) I become more complex, more demanding. I take on greater character. I even edit photographs now. As Old Owl has remarked elsewhere, "I'm constantly surprised at the way we can, as we gain experience, look at a photograph we deemed to be a failure and discover a picture worth creating. This is also a damned good reason to never delete so-called failures."

I looked this wine up on the internet and read the following evaluation: "Gorgeous nose exhibiting an array of aromas such as peppery mulberry, sour and black cherry, violet and a subtle touch of wild strawberry jam. The palate is full, complex, with a fantastic energy and bursting with ripe dark plums; tannins are impressively silky and freshness is amazing."

I did not drink any of this wine and cannot therefore offer any personal opinion beyond the usefulness of the empty bottle as a subject for photography. I nevertheless wonder how fermented grapes can smell like other fruits. I once heard Jilly Goolden compare some wine or other to petrol. Wow!

Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + Minolta close-up lens no.1.

Steve Bucknell, Sylvain Wiart, , Arlequin Photographie and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Sylvain Wiart
Sylvain Wiart
Cahors (made from malbec) wines can be aged for 8 to 10 years !
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to Sylvain Wiart
I guess the supermarkets view long-term storage of wine as an expense to be avoided. I would go further and speculate that the number of discerning palettes is actually quite small. A matter of 'pile it high and sell it cheap' perhaps.
4 years ago.

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