Rating 85
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2017
Appellation
ABV 13%
Price $9.00 Value Pick  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2019-02-15

Perfect For

House Wine, Penny Pinching, Popping Bottles

Drink If You Like

Malbec, Merlot , Sangiovese

San Pedro '9 Lives' Reserve Malbec 2017 Review

It’s not easy these days to find focus under $10 when it comes to Argentine Malbec, but here we are with a nice, round, juicy, uncomplicated wine for the masses, and by masses I mean if you are having a party you absolutely cannot go wrong with this wine. It’s not too sharp, not too hot and has good balance of fruit and tannin. It’s the kind of wine that pairs well with good convo, compelling an eyebrow to rise up on first sip, then get back to chatting about the final season of you know what while the grill is cranking.

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San Pedro '9 Lives' Reserve Malbec 2017
It’s not easy these days to find focus under $10 when it comes to Argentine Malbec, but here we are with a nice, round, juicy, uncomplicated wine for the masses, and by masses I mean if you are having a party you absolutely cannot go wrong with this wine. It’s not too sharp, not too hot and has good balance of fruit and tannin. It’s the kind of wine that pairs well with good convo, compelling an eyebrow to rise up on first sip, then get back to chatting about the final season of you know what while the grill is cranking.

Reviewed On: 02-15-2019
85
POINTS
San Pedro '9 Lives' Reserve Malbec 2017
It’s not easy these days to find focus under $10 when it comes to Argentine Malbec, but here we are with a nice, round, juicy, uncomplicated wine for the masses, and by masses I mean if you are having a party you absolutely cannot go wrong with this wine. It’s not too sharp, not too hot and has good balance of fruit and tannin. It’s the kind of wine that pairs well with good convo, compelling an eyebrow to rise up on first sip, then get back to chatting about the final season of you know what while the grill is cranking.

Reviewed On: 02-15-2019