Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Malbec 2016

Langhorne Creek Malbec done well. Lavish, purple fruit with a plush open, modern Aussie form. Really purple with an oak sweetness. Slightly sausagey purple fruit on the palate, with just a little bitterness. This is a very easy, generous and round wine but the balance is good too. Likeable red.

Best drinking: Good now, and for at least five years, maybe even 10. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14%, $30. Would I buy it? I’d go a few glasses.

Wine

Andrew Graham
Almost 25 years ago I started working in a small bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. There, I met my first two loves - wine and craft beer, and they took over my life. Two decades later and I spend my days as a journalist, buyer, wine show judge, marketer and drinks industry consultant.

The 10 wine highlights from a week in Conegliano Valdobbiadene (and not just Prosecco)

September 8, 2023

30 wines (and a perry!) that made it in July/August 2023

August 24, 2023

Almost Club July/August 2023 edition – 37 wines that almost made it

August 22, 2023

Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Malbec 2016