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Malbec

Malbec

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A dark red wine made from a dark grape, originally from France and now grown in Argentina
  • noun
  • /mælˈbɛk/
: Malbec
  • The Trivento is 100% Malbec, a silky wine with loads of cherry and plum on the palate.
  • a Malbec glass
  • Malbec wine
  • Malbec from Argentina

They have these incredibly rare malbecs that you must try.

Examples

  • We opened with a Malbec, very trendy these days, but complex after only a few years in the bottle.

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  • I prefer a nice Malbec, and I'm going to go enjoy a glass of that instead.

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  • A little Malbec for anybody?

    The Last Showgirl (2024)

  • One Malbec coming right up.

    Drop (2025)

  • Washed down by a good Malbec.

    Patrick (2018)

  • I hope we start seeing Chilean Malbec on our shelves in reasonable numbers soon.

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  • Malbec is just this wonderful varietal in South America, best known in Argentina, but they're actually some really nice Malbec wines in Chile.

  • An easy, healthy vegetarian meal, accompanied by quinoa (cooked in the rice cooker) and Malbec.

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  • Château Lafite's vineyards, for example, were dominated by Malbec, and First Growth Château Latour was mostly Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon.

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  • Red wine drinkers might prefer the Medrano Malbec from Argentina.

Synonyms

red wine
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Wine made from dark grapes with the skins left on during making

is a single grape variety used to make that drink

Surface Forms

Malbec singular
Malbecs plural

Etymology

Malbec is named after a person — probably a grower or owner called Malbec who helped spread the grape in southwest France — so the family name became the name of the vine. That's why today Malbec means the dark-skinned 'grape' and the deep red 'wine', now especially famous from Argentina.