Marcelo Pelleriti Grand Cuvée Red Blend 2015 Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina 75cl

Marcelo Pelleriti is one of Argentina’s most decorated winemakers, with a career that has spanned Mendoza and Bordeaux, and his own-name wines sit at the ambitious end of Uco Valley production. His reputation rests on wines that balance power with precision.

The Grand Cuvée is his top red blend, made from fruit grown in the high Uco Valley. The precise grape mix is not confirmed in our data, so we have not stated it, but the wine is built in a concentrated, structured style intended for serious drinking and for the cellar. High-altitude fruit gives it both depth and freshness.

The 2015 was released as a flagship bottling. This is a wine made to reward patience, with the structure to develop further in bottle over the coming years, though it can be enjoyed now with air.

On the palate it is full-bodied and complex, with concentrated dark fruit, floral violet lift and a graphite, mineral edge. Firm tannins give it backbone and a long, savoury finish, marking it out as a wine for the table rather than a casual glass. Decant it well ahead of serving.

This is a special-occasion Argentine red for a considered meal. Serve it at cool room temperature with rich, slow-cooked meat, a well-hung steak, venison or mature hard cheese, and let the aromatics open in the glass. A rewarding choice for anyone who enjoys powerful, age-worthy blends with real depth. Keep it for a milestone meal or a gathering of fellow wine lovers, where its concentration and length have room to make an impression.