Puerto Madryn is a former Welsh colony on the Argentinian Atlantic coast. It is known for its amazing wildlife, whales, sea lions and penguines, but about this tomorrow... Today we finally managed to get some proper tasting of Argentinian wines. While sipping some nice Malbec I came across a local book proudly saying that Argentina is on 'the right side of the Andes' as far as the wine is concerned... The cool and moist wind that comes from the Pacific (the same Chilean winemakers are so proud of) when passing over the Andes becomes warm and dry - as it should be, say the Argentinians. Dryness requires some extra irrigation, that Chileans despise of but Argentinians say makes their wine only better. Difficult choice... But as far as my taste goes so far Carmenere wins over Malbec - or maybe just need to try a bit more which I'll happily oblige to...
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