Amazing Amancaya

So we're finally getting back into our habit of having some wine with dinner this week.  While we went for an everyday wine on Sunday, we decided on a somewhat fuller and more robust wine for last night.  To that end, I pulled out a bottle of Bodegas Caro Amancaya 2008.

This is a dark and vibrant wine, with a complex nose.  The nose is only rivaled by its full fruited and complex flavor.  The boldness in the mouth slowly recedes and you're left with a long dry tannic finish.  This excellent blend combines the best of both of its component parts for a near perfect wine.

The Amancaya is an Argentinean wine which masterfully blends Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon for a sublime final product that's rated with 91 points.  The grapes for this particular blend from the Mendoza region of Argentina.  What's more, this particular blend is the product of a collaboration between two wine heavyweights: Lafite-Rothschild and Nicolas Catena.

We paired the Amancaya with the remains of a phenomenal Kobe beef ribeye that my brother Rick grilled up this weekend, olives, manchego cheese, smoked cheddar, bacon spinach dip, garlic hummus, and seared Spanish chorizo.  The boldness of the wine tamed the full flavors of dinner.  It was a great pairing.

You can find Amancaya at Jones Liquor in Brownsville, and it runs about $18.  You can find more info about this fine vino at:  http://www.lafite.com/eng/Other-Estates/Bodegas-Caro/Amancaya/2008