🍇Which to choose

Here is the part you don't have to choose. Some of Argentina's most celebrated reds are not pure Malbec or pure Cabernet — they are blends of the two, often in the Bordeaux style with a little Cabernet Franc and even Petit Verdot folded in. Malbec brings the plush fruit and color; Cabernet brings the backbone and ageing potential. The result is the country's “icon wine” category — most famously the Nicolás Catena Zapata 1997, a Cabernet–Malbec blend that won blind tastings against the most prestigious cuvées in the world.