Susana Balbo Wines earned top honors in the latest annual report by international wine critic Tim Atkin, including Rosé of the Year for our Susana Balbo Signature Rosé 2017, a Provence-style rosé that was awarded 93 points and named ¨the best rosé from Argentina¨.
Susana Balbo Wines was also included on Atkin´s list of ¨First Growth¨ wineries, a group that represents the most prestigious wineries and includes only 20 in Argentina.
Three of our wines were named to Atkin´s Top 100 List, including two whites from our Susana Balbo Signature line and a new, limited-edition release from our Benmarco line:
- Susana Balbo Signature White Blend 2017 earned 95 points and a place on the ¨Best Whites¨ list. According to Atkin, ¨Susana Balbo’s mould-breaking cuvée of Semillon with 30% Torrontés and 25% Sauvignon Blanc has rapidly established itself as one of Argentina’s best whites. ¨
- Susana Balbo Signature Torrontés 2017 also earned 95 points and a place on the ¨Best Whites¨ list. Atkin highlights the innovative style of this groundbreaking varietal as well as its terroir from Paraje Altamira, which Atkin calls a ¨special place that makes a disproportionate number of Argentina´s best wines¨. Atkin notes ¨Susana Balbo’s oaked white tastes like a Torrontés crossed with a top Sauvignon Blanc, such is its focus, minerality and acidity. Tangy and saline, it’s skilfully oaked, with new wood folded into the wine. The source - Paraje Altamira- is everything here.¨
- Benmarco Sin Limites Gualtallary 2017 earned 95 points in its first reléase and a place on the ¨Best Reds¨ list. The new Benmarco Sin Limites line is dedicated to exploring the extreme terroirs of the Andes, and Atkin noted the influence of this particular Gualtallary terroir on the wine: ¨New to the Susana Balbo range in 2017 and making quite an impact on its first outing, this comes from a 12-year-old vineyard in the best part of Gualtallary. Fresh, intense and perfumed, with notes of liquorice and black olive, dark blackberry fruit and a chalky, refreshing finish. Bravo! ¨
Atkin tasted several wines across all of our lines at Susana Balbo Wines, with scores highlighted below:
Nosotros
- Single Vineyard Nómade Malbec 2014: 94 points
Susana Balbo Signature
- Limited Edition Paraje Altamira 2015: 94 points
- Malbec 2016: 94 points
- Brioso 2016: 94 points
- Cabernet Sauvignon 2016: 93 points
Benmarco
- Sin Limites Pedernal 2017: 94 points
- Expresivo 2016: 93 points
- Malbec 2016: 93 points
- Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 : 92 points
