Weekly Winedown #28 Beefsteak Club Malbec

Welcome to the Weekly Winedown. Each week I selflessly drink wine for you and 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.

Dear reader, I need a break.
A break from everything.

Not death – nothing that permanent.
Just a day or so to breathe.

A day where I don’t have to be at a certain place by a certain time.
Where I don’t have to remember to feed a small person regularly (three times a day – what’s that about?).

Just 24 hours without someone trying to pull up my dress, get in my pockets or honk my boob.
Time without children sitting as on top of me as anyone could possibly sit.

I’d like a day with pockets of silence, to be able to walk without being dragged in two different directions.
To be able to start and finish a task without constant interruptions and forgetting what I was doing in the first place.

I imagine sitting without being kicked in the face or shouted at for TV scheduling.
A whole night of sleep.

To dream the impossible dream!

Instead I have Beefsteak Club Malbec, an Argentinian red on offer at £6.49.

The Label

Red, white and black. We all know I love that. The text looks like it’s been stamped on with wooden blocks and there is a picture of a bull. There’s also a little tale about the beginnings of the Beefsteak Club. It was established in 1705 don’t you know? Well you do now. As labels go, this is unoffensive.

The Blurb

“A bright, fresh Malbec made from high altitude grapes of Mendoza. Vibrant aromas of crunchy red fruits and plum with a lightly spice finished. Well balanced and smooth with soft tannins to perfectly complement a juicy steak.”

WTF is a crunchy red fruit? I have wracked my brain (granted there’s not a lot to wrack) and I’ll be damned if I can think of a crunchy fruit.
Do you know of any?
I can’t get away from the idea of that weird freeze dried fruit you get in cereal.

Interesting.

The nose (oh yes) is nice, like rich dark chocolate. The really dark stuff that you can only have one piece of.
It was a fruitier palate,  than I expected but a decent depth of flavour too. The finish was kind of licorice/oaky/woody.
Lightly spiced and quite pleasant.

This Malbec is a good all rounder and I can imagine is DOES go well with steak.
I have no steak.

Tonight Rory is out so I am having my Christmas ‘Do’.
As a SAHM, my Christmas do is me drinking wine at home, alone, watching Elf.

Actually not entirely alone.
It’s a synchronised Elf watch.
I am so hardcore.

At least my wine is good.

Name – Beefsteak Club Malbec.
Price – £6.49
Colour – Rich red
Smell – Subtle chocolatey
Taste – Fruity with a woody finish
Goes well with – Steak, apparently
Overall score – 3.5/5