Chapter 1
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Two worlds
A useful number, first. Argentina has by far the largest concentration of Malbec on earth — over 45,000 hectares, roughly 70% of the world's plantings. France itself has only around 6,800 hectares, the vast majority in Cahors and a smaller share in the Loire Valley (mostly for off-dry rosé). The grape that was almost forgotten in France found its true scale in South America.
