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Let me get this out of the way: I like Tikal wines. I like them a lot. I also really enjoy Luca wines. Each brand is made by children of Nicolas Catena and represents some of the best New World-style wines coming out of Argentina today. A few months ago, KJ Baaron’s, a wine shop in Worcester, was pouring the 2003 Tikal Patriota at a tasting. The price was right, so I bought all seven of the bottles they had in stock.
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“Most fine wine from Argentina is opened too early,” I was told by Sean Martin on my visit to his clever store in Hyde Park, Albert Winestein. Too true, and while I had wanted to hold on to the 2006 BenMarco Expresivo that I purchased at Albert Winestein in May, I succumbed and opened it for Christmas dinner. A blend of 60% Malbec and 10% each of Syrah, Tannat, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot, the Expresivo is a big, rich wine that epitomizes the first class wines that can be made in Argentina. Produced by the Argentine winemaking super-duo, Susana Balbo and her husband Pedro Marchevsky, this blend is well made and certainly could have been cellared for at least a couple more years.
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