Robert Parker, Jr.-The Wine Advocate:  Rated as An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. "The 2006 Malbec EmKem is the richest of this quartet. It offers up an alluring nose of pain grille, mineral, violets, black raspberry, and black cherry. Layered, bordering on opulent, on the palate it reveals gobs of blue and black fruits, spice box, and a hint of licorice. With excellent depth and length, this first-class effort should evolve for several years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2020." Dec 2008

Winery:   "Bursting with an exceptionally rich nose of ripe black fruits, spice, and new oak. Uncannily smooth, with layers of flavors that build on its abundant, fleshy textures. The prodigious flavors carry through in the very long, very lively finish. At once exotic and familiar, Emkem is an incredible mouthful of red wine."

Wired For Wine:  We're not sure about you, but we are hard pressed to come up with anything that sounds better than "an incredible mouthful of red wine".  Open that first bottle of Bodega Cicchitti Malbec Emken right now!!  Its opulence and lovely layers of fruit and texture will pair beautifully with a platter of warm lamb and chickpea samosas made with pine nuts and dried apricots. Dos para mí por favor!  This Argentine Malbec's smooth character, excellent depth and rich, bountiful flavors make it a great companion for most any meat, roasted, stewed, barbecued, braised and more.  The gorgeous spice and notes of oak and toasted bread in this Bodegas Cicchitti will really shine with  barbecued lamb served with a tomato-mint chutney on the side.  A little easier is a big pyramid of ground pork burgers on toasted buns with spicy ginger ketchup on the side.  Just delicious.  And because grilled beef is another perfect match with the fantastically long and lively finish of this Malbec Emkem, we say cook up some alambre de ribeye, skewers of ribeye, chorizo, bacon, and red bell peppers and serve with a tomato-chile morita sauce.  Open wide winelovers!

Size:  750ml
Varietal:  100% Estate-grown Malbec
Alcohol:  14.0%
Ageing:   12 months in American and French casks.
Region:   Mendoza, Argentina
Production:  1,500 dozen