Argentina Week

Hello, everyone!

It's the moment you've all been waiting for! (Some of you are going, "Huh?") The new blog is ready to play!

For those of you who are thoroughly confused by this, welcome to the new W(h)ining Army Wives blog! Here, if you didn't read the description already, we'll post (hopefully) weekly with a video and written evaluation of two different wines. None of us are sommeliers (or wine connoisseurs), but just some normal, young Army wives who want to drink a little wine and help a sister out. :]

So...without further ado...Our very first video summary of our very first wine night/meeting! (Warning: there is adult content, so be advised.)


Now, down here I'm going to go ahead and give your our evaluation in words. So here goes!

Malbec; Alamos; 2012
We started our night out with a 2012 Malbec, made by Alamos in Mendoza. It is a red wine, from the mountains of Argentina. We ended up smelling different aromas, from dirt to dark berries--dark cherries and cassis--and pretty much nothing in between. It definitely has a bold smell--very definitive, and does not back down. Basically, it smells dark and bold.

As far as taste goes, the fruity, berry smell did not continue into the flavoring. We pretty unanimously agreed that the Malbec tasted like oak and alcohol, with a very dry sensation that lingered in our mouths for several seconds. Surprisingly, the wine ended with a spice, if you let it linger on your tongue the whole time, that we half-defined as maybe clove or pepper.

We agreed the label was fairly appealing, a little boring, but pretty. The cost was very reasonable--a cool $10!--But did we find it worth the buy?

Our two sweet W(h)iners just called it "Meh," whereas the two dry W(h)iners found it to be fairly "Yummy," though not the "best ever."

Bottom Line: Would we recommend this wine? Probably not. It's good, but not great.


Torrontés; Alamos; 2012
Moving on to our white wine, we sampled a 2012 Torrontés, also made by Alamos. The most overpowering of the aromas of this wine was a concord grape. One W(h)iner even described it as "grape juice." We eventually were in agreement that there was also a faint peachy, and almond scent. It smelled very sweet--almost too sweet for us drier people--and I, personally, was nervous for the taste.

When we finally took our first sips, one W(h)iner called it, "overwhelming." Overwhelmingly grapey again. Like with the Malbec, the Torrontés did not hide the taste of alcohol. It was, however, not nearly as sweet as it smelled, and even had a very light taste, for all the grapiness (yes, that's totally a word). There was also a watery quality to the flavor, which brought rubbing alcohol to the mind of two of our W(h)iners.

The label and price matched identically the Malbec, so the question becomes, would we buy it again?

And I have to say, we pretty unanimously said no. Our sweeters said, "Meh," and our driers even said, "Yuck."

Bottom Line: Would we recommend this wine? No.


Prosecco; Ruffino
We finished the night with some leftover Prosecco, made by Ruffino in Florence. Three of the four of us absolutely loved it--and only our W(h)iner with a distaste for carbonation didn't particularly care for the stuff. We did not do a full evaluation, however, on the Prosecco, so you'll have to experience it for yourself to decide if you like it!

Bottom Line: Would we recommend this wine? YES! This is a classic favorite of our w(h)iners now!


Of course, wine tasting is completely subjective, so even though we wouldn't recommend these wines ourselves, if you think you'd like the tastes, go for it! They were certainly not expensive, and nothing too offensive. Otherwise...

Come back to us next week for some new wines, and maybe we'll get to make some suggestions!