Alamos Cabernet Sauvignon Argentina Red Wine

Argentina's vineyards run mostly along the base of the Andes. That is the wide address this label gives, and our regional research is quick to widen it further: the country also holds northern valleys, sites to the east, and cooler ground in Patagonia, so a province or a smaller name would tell you more than the word Argentina by itself.

We do not have a shopper rating for this wine. On its own the word Argentina covers a great deal of very different ground.

Where the western vineyards sit, our regional research describes strong sunshine, little rain, and mountain water, with a wide swing between daytime heat and nighttime cool at altitude. The grape is Cabernet Sauvignon, which our grape research calls a firm-built red planted in many regions and a frequent blending partner. Regional guides give it fruit in the black currant and plum range, noticeable tannin, and some oak spice, though ripeness and cellar work can leave it anywhere from herbal and lean to broad and fruit-led.

Across the four stores we checked in September 2026, the price fell between $13.99 and $17.99. Alamos says Mendoza has been the base of its wines for more than a hundred years.

Alamos' own product page describes the winemaking behind this bottle: hand-harvested grapes, a cold soak before fermentation to draw out color and flavor, six to eight days of fermentation in tanks with roughly three weeks of skin contact, and a second, acid-softening fermentation for the entire blend. The producer describes the finished wine as opening with 'aromas of black cherry, brown sugar, and black olive,' with a 'silky, rounded mouthfeel' of black cherry and blackberry, clove and black pepper, the producer's words. An outside reviewer, James Suckling, scored it 90 points in March 2024, calling it a 'fruity cabernet sauvignon' with 'light tannins and a smooth, juicy finish.' The page does not publish an alcohol percentage or the exact blend composition.

Our call: reach for it if an outside critic score is enough evidence for you; James Suckling gave the current vintage 90 points, and Alamos' own account roots the wine in Mendoza's high-altitude vineyards beneath the Andes. Pass if you want your own shoppers' word or the exact blend and alcohol percentage first; no rating for this wine has reached our record, and the producer's page leaves both figures unpublished.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.