DRINKS: Charlotte’s Argentinian winter warmers

I discovered the holy pairing of steak and Malbec while backpacking through Argentina as a student. I was instantly hooked on succulent cuts of meat cooked over embers and served with this velvety, full-bodied red – and this classic combo has been a firm favourite ever since. Here then are a selection of warming Argentinian reds to pair with hearty dishes this winter. SPECIALLY SELECTED MAN MEETS ZUCCARDI ‘SERIE A’ GRAFFIGNA RESERVE ARGENTINIAN MOUNTAIN MALBECTEMPRANILLO MALBEC 2020 CABERNET MALBEC 2021 (14%), £9, SAUVIGNON 2020 (14%), £9.99, 2021 (14.5%), Sainsbury’s. (14%), £6.49, Aldi. Cambridge £14.99, Majestic. Big, bold and Aldi’s own label Wine. Eightyyear-old This unusual beautiful, this Cab Sauv is like a vines blend of Malbec one is textbook big, gentle hug, from the and Spain’s Malbec: an ideal smooth and rich, Mendoza Tempranillo crowd-pleaser with flavours of foothills create grape is a for a gathering, cassis and sweet a wine evoking brambly treat it goes sublimely spice – at an ripe plums and from vineyards with smoky unbeatable price. Med herbs. in the Uco Valley. meat dishes.

Dv CATENA HISTORICO CABERNET FRANC 2018

(13.5%), £12, Tesco. Here’s a refined red from an historic, pioneering winery headed up by a fourthgeneration vintner, Dr

Laura Catena.