Episode #43 - Achaval Ferrer winery: Santiago Achaval

May 9, 2006

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2004 Achaval Ferrer Malbec

2003 Achaval Ferrer Quimera

Today Gary welcomes the great Santiago Achaval. The wines of Achaval Ferrer maybe the best in all of Argentina!

18 Responses

  1. about 24 months ago

    Ralph Rocco

    Gary, Great Episode with Santiago! I really enjoyed Santiago’s perspective on winemaking and his vivid personality. I have really enjoyed Argentian Malbec and will need to scope out some of these Achaval Ferrer treasures. The Wine Library TV has been a great new event for my Hobby. Keep it going Gary, great character and certainly would be welcome at our monthly wine club tastings, here in Groton, MA :) (Jersey Transplant and big Giants fan). Salute, Ralph

  2. about 24 months ago

    scotty

    Gary,
    As always a great show. A few weeks back I opened an ‘02 Finca Altamira, decanted it and gave it 3-4 hours. I was rewarded with a deep, jammy,dark berry, earthy, jem of a wine. It is well worth any investment.

  3. about 24 months ago

    Lucia Calvete

    Dear Mr. Vaynerchuk,

    I am a big wine enthusiast from Buenos Aires Argentina and a friend that leaves in NY told me about your internet TV show. Congratulations, its great!!!!. Im glad you did a show on a great Argentinean winery. I agree with you The Quimera is one of the best Argentinean wines, and the Malbec is one of the best Malbecs produced. Together with those two wines I would include the following malbecs:

    Malbecs:
    Trapiche Malbec Pedro Gonzalez 2003
    Lagarde Single Vineyard DOC 2003
    Bodegas Noemia Patagonia Malbec 2002/2003

    See you in your next show. Congratulatios again and hope you have a show on this wines soon.

    regards,

    Lucia Calvete

  4. about 24 months ago

    John

    good to know Scotty. I bought an ‘02 Finca Altamira about 9 months ago on a whim, with little knowledge of Achaval Ferrer, only to find out later that it should be one of the best Malbecs out there. Lucky buy!

  5. about 24 months ago

    Jim

    I just tried the Quimera and was blown away. Very exotic nose, well balanced, and smooth as silk all the way. Excellent value. Thanks for bringing it to our attention Gary.

  6. about 24 months ago

    Julius

    Gary - Really enjoyed the show. I hope you listened to Santiago. He truly understands what “terroir” is. For you to describe, as you did in previous episodes, a wine as terroir driven when you actually meant it had an earthiness or minerality is a total misuse of the term. Santiago understands it to mean a sense of place that maintains its character identity from vintage to vintage.

  7. about 23 months ago

    Larry

    What was the siren sound in the background? Gary are u being arrested for selling wine

  8. about 21 months ago

    Julio Taleisnik

    Santiago:
    Great to see your smiling face, particularly after having visited your winery in Mendoza, and just a few days ago, having tasted (again) your Quimera wine. Incidentally: your English is better tan your father’s! Please tell Alberto that we have seen and heard you. Are you planning to visit California? If you do, let us know.

    Julio Taleisnik

  9. about 19 months ago

    Brandon M

    Great to learn about Terrior. Before WLTV I always thought it was the earthiness to a wine. I guess what is being said here is that if a wine has a chocolate nose, and keeps it vintage to vintage, then that is part of it’s Terrior?

    B

  10. about 18 months ago

    Robert Lobel

    Being a great Malbec lover, this episode convinced me that I have to try the Achaval Ferrer Malbec 2004. Hope you keep presenting these type of wine reviews as they certainly help someone like myself in finding good wines. And that’s what it’s all about. Thanks again!

  11. about 16 months ago

    wineshop.sk

    i think, to speak about terroir its not only soil, sun, autochtone varieties etc… Think also about using the non regional yeast. I think they do change the wine sensorics a lot. And its not the only thing. It is hard to speak about typical terroir - when u use yeast from italy, barrels from canada and grape clones brought from caliornia..

  12. about 14 months ago

    Jose Gutrecht

    Santiago:
    How ironic we used to drink milk or lemonade at Alberto and Elena’s home dinners in the mid 60’s.
    Agree with Julio, your voice is your father’s but your English is better and with less of “tonada Cordobesa”
    Looking forward to see you next month in Cambridge (Boston). By any chance are your parents coming?
    Jose Gutrecht

  13. about 13 months ago

    Santiago Achaval

    Hi Julio,

    No, they won’t be able to come :-(

    See you in Boston on the 27th!

    Santiago

  14. about 11 months ago

    David Canada

    These wines are monentous….enough said!

  15. about 8 months ago

    WA Ambassador

    This guy is amazing. He really knows his stuff about these wines. What a history he has too.

  16. about 8 months ago

    Alos Diallo

    This has got to be one of my favorite episodes! I think that it is so great when you find people who make products because they love the stuff!

  17. about 3 months ago

    The Fanjestic

    Very Interesting to see the people involved with the wine on the show.

    Good episode - Great winery!

  18. about 2 months ago

    Kristen

    This was a great show! I really learned a lot from it…and now I want to find his wines before they become outrageously priced!

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