Country: Italy Region: Sicily
Varietal: Catarratto/Inzolia Blend Vintage: 2024
Colour: White Style: Dry
Producer: Cantina di Borgo Selene
Description:An exciting new white wine from Sicily. Pronounced floral bouquet with refreshing minerally aromas and fruity palate. Wonderful complexity on the palate with luscious fruit ripeness.
Tasting Notes:A delicious crisp dry wine wine with refreshing acidity and excellent weight of ripe stewed apple fruits. A lovely delicate wine with a clean fresh finish, ideal as an aperitif or with fish and white meat dishes.
Food Matches: Oysters / Aperitif / Oriental / Hors d'Oeuvres
Country: Argentina Region: Mendoza
Varietal: Malbec Vintage: 2024
Colour: Red Style: Dry ABV: 14%
Producer: Luigi Bosca
Description:
Luigi Bosca De Sangre Malbec D.O.C. Luján de Cuyo 2024 was awarded a Platinum Medal (97 points) at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards, placing it among just 196 Platinum winners from 16,631 wines judged worldwide—only 1.18% of all entries.
For Luigi Bosca, one of Argentina's most respected wineries, this is a significant international endorsement. Decanter Platinum medals are awarded only after multiple rounds of blind tasting by leading wine experts, including Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers, recognising wines that demonstrate exceptional quality, regional character, and consistency.
The winery described the award as validation of decades of dedication to the Luján de Cuyo D.O.C., highlighting the wine's role as the first Malbec produced under that denomination of origin and its enduring expression of the region's terroir.
The grapes are hand-picked in boxes from 18 to 20 kilograms, clusters are selected, then they are destemmed and after that the best grains are chosen. The must is macerated in cold for 5 to 7 days at a temperature from 10°C to 15°C. Then it is fermented with selected yeast in stainless steel tanks with a capacity of 15,000 liters, with extraction works such as delestage and pressings. Once fermentation is finished, the wine is aged in new French oak barrels in which malolactic conversion takes place and it is matured for 14 months. Once the ageing is finished, the wine is stabilized, filtered and bottled. It is stored in the winery for at least 18 month before putting them in the market. Ageing in barrels: The Luigi Bosca Malbec D.O.C is aged in new French oak barrels for 14 months. Winemakers: José Irrera / Vicente Garzia. Comments by the winemaker: Luigi Bosca is the pioneer winery in elaborating a Malbec under the Denomination of Origin Luján de Cuyo. This is the reason why it is a wine which seeks the u