Malbec
Britishnoun
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a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux region of France and now in Argentina and Chile, used for making wine
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a rustic mid-bodied red wine made from this grape
Example Sentences
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Malbec producers have continued to expand their operations into different places, including higher-altitude vineyards and cooler subregions in Mendoza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
No one knows more about bang-for-the-buck Malbec, high-end Malbec and all the Argentine Malbecs in between than the Catena family of Bodegas Catena Zapata, in Mendoza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Sales of Argentine Malbec overall are down by 5% this year over last, according to Gelb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
I bought a dozen bottles of Argentine Malbec to taste for myself and reached out to wine professionals in the U.S. and Argentina for insight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Dr. Geffard will stop whatever he is doing and open a bottle of Malbec and tell Marie-Laure in his whispery voice about reefs he visited as a young man: the Seychelles, Belize, Zanzibar.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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