Malbec is a dark-skinned grape that is most associated with the high-altitude (up to 3,000 metres!), desert vineyards of Argentina's Mendoza region. The variety is in fact originally from southwest France, where it is still widely cultivated today, especially in Cahors.
Chile is a very long and narrow country on the west coast of South America that, after years of overproduction of cheap and forgettable table wine, has slowly and confidently built a reputation for competitively priced varietal wine of a high standard.
One of winemaking's enduring myths is that all wines improve with time; in fact the overwhelming majority of wines sold today are best drunk within a year or two of harvest.
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