Bodegas Poesia Cuvée Helene

Quite a good wine for the money. Not as big and chewy as most Malbec tend to be and settles down nicely after about an hour. Definite re-buy.

Nose is a little funky at first but quickly settles down to graphite, a bit of leather, and a bit of red fruit. Palate takes some coaxing out, but more of the graphite and leather at first, then a note of red licorice. Tannins are pretty mild and fade pretty quickly but the licorice note lingers for a while. I like this more as a drink it, but it took a bit of getting used to at first.