Three Tamarelli Wines You Didn’t See Coming
The easy story about Tamarelli is a Malbec story.
Los Chacayes terroir, high-altitude structure, dark fruit complexity, that firm Andean backbone. It’s a great story, and we stand behind every word of it.
But if you stop there, you’re missing the more interesting one.
A Priorat collaboration from the slate hills of northeastern Spain. A GSM blend we named after three grapes that couldn’t be more different from each other and couldn’t work better together. A Grenache Rosé that makes a convincing case for itself long after summer ends. These three wines don’t fit the Mendoza script. That’s exactly why we made them. We’ve always believed the best wine is the one you didn’t expect to love.
The 2021 Priorat — When Spain Speaks
Priorat is one of Spain’s most demanding wine regions, and one of its most rewarding. Located in Catalonia’s northeastern interior, it’s a landscape of steep terraced hillsides and dark, fractured slate soils called llicorella. The slate forces vines to push deep to find water, and the results carry that struggle in their flavor: concentrated, mineral, with an intensity that can feel almost volcanic.
Our 2021 Priorat is a special collaboration wine. Old vines. Mountain elevation. A minimalist winemaking approach that steps back and lets the landscape do the talking. Layered notes of strawberry, blueberry, and cassis, with the kind of firm structure that says this wine has somewhere to go.
We poured it at a family steak dinner to ring in the New Year, and it held its own against everything on the table. Rich cuts, savory sauces, food that pushes back. That’s where this bottle belongs. If you’re planning a celebration, let our Priorat be part of it.
The 2020 GSM — “The Three Amigas”
We originally released this blend under the name “The Three Amigas,” and it stuck. Three grapes, each remarkable on its own, and genuinely better together, which is the whole reason GSM blends have been made in the Rhône Valley for centuries and have since found homes in Australia, California, and now, the high-altitude vineyards of Mendoza.
Grenache comes in with bright red fruit — raspberry, cherry — and a warmth that keeps the blend approachable. Syrah adds structure: dark fruit, black pepper, the tannic depth that gives the wine its backbone. Mourvèdre finishes it with something earthier and more complex, dark cocoa notes and firm tannins that make you want another glass before the first one’s done.
The 2020 was aged 18 months before bottling in November 2020. It’s juicy and balanced, with notes of raspberry, cherry, blueberry, subtle herbs, and spice. Lively, spicy, and earthy, with each varietal doing its part and none of them overpowering the others. It’s the kind of wine you open expecting something nice and end up talking about at the end of the night.
Argentina isn’t the most obvious home for a GSM, but the mountain-desert climate of Los Chacayes mirrors the warm, challenging conditions where Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre have always thrived. Start 2026 with something unexpected. This one’s ready to delight.
The Grenache Rosé — Serious Wine, Summer Clothes
Rosé gets underestimated. Treated as the in-between option, not serious enough for red drinkers, not crisp enough for white. We’d push back on that.
Our Grenache Rosé has notes of pink grapefruit, red-orange, and watermelon. It’s dry. It’s structured. And it has no interest in being dismissed. Grenache is one of the best rosé grapes in the world. It has enough natural acidity and fruit character to translate beautifully into a lighter style without losing anything worth keeping. In Provence and the Southern Rhône, Grenache Rosé is the benchmark: pale salmon, aromatic, dry, food-friendly in a way that makes dinner easier rather than harder.
We can’t think of a better wine for a beach day, a summer table, or an afternoon that has nowhere to be. Pair it with grilled fish, fresh seafood, or a charcuterie spread. Or skip the food entirely and just enjoy it cold, in good company.
On Range
Wine enthusiasts who find Tamarelli through the Malbec often stay for these bottles. Not because they’re surprising for the sake of it, but because they’re good, made with the same care and intention, just pointed in a different direction.
Start with the Malbec. But give yourself permission to keep going.
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