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DOMAINE BOUSQUET

MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

Introducing Ameri Malbec from Domaine Bousquet

Meet Ameri Malbec (SRP $37), new from Domaine Bousquet! Family-owned Domaine Bousquet lies in the Gualtallary Valley, a scenic, remote, arid terrain, high in the

Tupungato district of the Uco Valley in Argentina’s Mendoza region, near the border with Chile. Ameri Malbec is the first new addition to the Ameri line since the successful 2013 launch of the debut 2011-vintage Ameri Red Blend, the estate’s premier cuvée.

Domaine Bousquet is co-owned and managed by French-born Anne

Bousquet and her husband, Labid al

Ameri, for whom the Ameri wines are named. Ameri and Bousquet are resolute in their dedication to producing certified organic, sustainably farmed wines. Domaine Bousquet pioneered certified organic viticulture from the get-go, dating to the mid-1990s, when

Anne’s father began planting vines in virgin soil in the Uco Valley’s high-altitude, desert-like terrain. “What are you doing!” daughter Anne quipped at the time, “Buying a beach? All sand, no sea?”

Ameri Malbec stems from a 2019 tasting of component wines for the single-vineyard Ameri Red Blend.

Al Ameri, Bousquet and Domaine Bousquet winemaker Rodrigo Serrano, agreed that the component wines were showing so well that the time had come to showcase them individually, beginning with the 2019 Malbec.

Ameri Malbec is an estate-grown, single-vineyard 100% Malbec, made from a selection of hand-picked grapes from the first pass. All fruit originates in the high-altitude (4,125 feet) Domaine Bousquet Vineyard, planted in 1998. A transition to biodynamics is now underway, with certification projected for 2023. A 14-day fermentation using selected yeast was followed by a 20-day maceration in used oak barrels. Fermentation temperature is kept low, allowing for the extraction of intense aromas. 100% malolactic. Aged in French oak for 12 months prior to release.

Visitors are welcome at Domaine Bousquet, open for tours and tastings year-round. The property includes a restaurant featuring seasonal, all-organic ingredients and a guest house, opened in 2021.