Matias Morcos Tinto del Este 2022

Winery – BARRIALES, EAST MENDOZA; VINEYARDS – MONTECAsEROS, eL RAMBLON, ALTO VERDE, EAST MENDOZA

From old pergola-trained vines in San Martin in the east of Mendoza, this is a field blend dominated mainly by the much under-rated Bonarda variety, which is not in any way related to the Italian Bonarda, but is actually Corbeau from Savoie in France. Go figure! There are moves afoot to rename the grape Bonarda de Argentina, which may or may not help it achieve the recognition it rightly deserves. Dark, medium-bodied and delicious; and like all of Matias’s wines, no oak required.