Comments on: Wine Grape: Malbec http://www.wineweekly.com/wine-grapes/wine-grape-malbec/ Wine Reviews Tasting Notes and Education for the Non-Snob Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: darby http://www.wineweekly.com/wine-grapes/wine-grape-malbec/#comment-13902 darby Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:39 +0000 http://www.wineweekly.com/wine-grapes/wine-grape-malbec/#comment-13902 Malbec is undergoing a mini revival in Australia. Up until the 1980s it was favoured as the minor component in three way blends with Shiraz and Cabernet. Now Shiraz is made as a varietal and Cabernet is blended with Merlot, typically 80/20. Malbec seemed destined for obscurity as few old malbec vineyards were replanted with the variety. Quite a few wineries are now making varietal malbecs, a change in consumer attitudes and a desire for winelovers to try something new has improved the prospects for marketing malbec in Australia. Production is still very low, I don't think much, if any, Australian Malbec is exported. Malbec is undergoing a mini revival in Australia. Up until the 1980s it was favoured as the minor component in three way blends with Shiraz and Cabernet. Now Shiraz is made as a varietal and Cabernet is blended with Merlot, typically 80/20. Malbec seemed destined for obscurity as few old malbec vineyards were replanted with the variety.

Quite a few wineries are now making varietal malbecs, a change in consumer attitudes and a desire for winelovers to try something new has improved the prospects for marketing malbec in Australia. Production is still very low, I don’t think much, if any, Australian Malbec is exported.

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