Weekly Winedown #3 Otra Vida Malbec.
Welcome to the Weekly Winedown. Each week I selflessly drink wine for you offer a review.
Please don’t expect anything professional, I consume a lot of wine but I’m no pro.
The only real ‘rule’ I’m putting in place is that the wine is to be under £8 a bottle. #keepitclassy.Apparently my review last week wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped. Apparently the whole chewy/swimming pool thing wasn’t taken in the fond way I intended and it wasn’t enough to make people want to try it
“To say I’m not a fan of red wine, after reading your review this week I definitely won’t be trying it”
Rory – last week
I meant both in a very positive way, I don’t like ‘thin’ wine, I feel robbed and you’ve got to admit that warm smell of swimming pool is quite a nice, comfortable kind of smell…..Just me? OK!
Moving swiftly on!
This week I struggled to decide which wine to go for, as I’ve said before I’m always drawn to French and it’s hard to break habits.
I got Rory to choose a country to make my choice easier.
He chose Argentina so I chose Otra Vida Malbec, £5.65 from Ocado, because I liked the label.
I’ve been getting my wine from Ocado simply because it’s easier to get when my shopping is delivered, I know that some towns can’t get deliveries from there but I really can’t go back to using Asda. They became so bad!
“We’ve not got the bread you wanted so we substituted it with this sock. We’re also out of squash so we substituted that with the bread you initially ordered and we told you we didn’t have it”*
Really Asda, sort your schizz out and I’ll consider coming back to you!
Anyway. Back to it .
I bought the Otra Vida because I liked the label and the price.
The official blurb on the wine reads thusly
That’s it.
That’s all it says.
Here goes…..The colour isn’t what I’d normally hope for, it’s kind of light red. Not pink but not rich red like heavy velvet curtains, more like cheap halloween fake blood red.
And now for the taste…..It isn’t as bad as all indicators suggested it would be.
It’s fruity, like dark berries, the ones they put next to cheesecake but you never eat because they’re a bit tart. It’s a little bitter but also a bit sweeter than I’d usually choose (I know this makes no sense but it does) I normally really enjoy a Malbec because it’s quite full bodied, this one isn’t.
Price – £5.65
Colour – Light red.
Smell – Sharp and earthy.
Taste – Bitter berries with a sweet aftertaste.
Overall score – 2.5/5 An all rounder, largely unoffensive. Does exactly what it says on the tin (label)
Where last week I learnt you shouldn’t judge a wine by it’s label, this week I also learnt I shouldn’t judge a wine by it’s label.What’s in your wine cellar/flask this week?
The Tale of Mummyhood
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8 Comments
Jayne
Hilarious but you are not convincing me that wine really us nice at all, I will stick to tea for now ? ?
Anna
This isn’t one I’d use to try and convert people. It’s one I’d take to dinner at the house of someone I didn’t really like 🙂
RawMum
I’m off to the home brew wine shop this morning… I can’t have most store wines so I make my own… getting a few different juices – Chilean merlot, Italian pino Grigio and a Pinot Noir too. The wine rack is empty so I’ve got to get brewing. #blogstravaganza
Anna
How easy is it? Do you get a good wine? Tell me more!
The Tale of Mummyhood
Haha, this made me giggle. I like a drop of red wine, I might give this one a miss though! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx
Nicole - Tales from Mamaville
Hahaha, now that’s a refreshing-to-read review:) Thanks for the heads-up.
#Blogstravaganza
Anna
Really, don’t waste your money on it. I drank a much nicer wine last night to redeem this ?
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