EAST COAST PALATE

A good "halloween wine" would maybe  be a good way to describe this wine.  Or maybe just good Tuesday night wine with a bowl of stew or a grilled chicken salad. 
The lightness of the 2006 La Bruja malbec makes it very versitile for pairing with different dishes, but on its own this wine is lacking the body and balance to make it a great wine.  The color is a dark vibrant purple, and it delivers those delicious classic malbec aromas like prunes, plums, sweat-soaked strawberries, and Pixistix/Fun Dip sweetness.  I also picked up some sawdust and black olive.  The smell of this wine adds more to the whole than the taste and structure.  In your mouth this wine is a gushing fruit bomb that vanishes within a half-second.  The void stays there a few seconds before the tannins catch back up and dry out your gums.  Maybe the disappearing act is a part of the wine's witchcraft, hence the name.  Anyway, I love the way it smells, but don't like the way it behaves.  For me it's a B- kind of wine, but worth try at $15.

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